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Thankful

Posted on November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

I don’t usually preface poetry with anything, but I felt like a little explanation was needed. It’s supposed to be easy to be thankful, isn’t it? Most years, I approach this time of year with nothing but a grateful heart. There is so much I should be thankful for, even this year. But, I’m having…

When God is Silent

Posted on November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

There was a realization The faith that defined you, molded youHad shifted, first imperceptibly then like a chasm opening The things you thought you knew were lost amongst the thistlesThe truths you held fast to were entangled in the briars The skeptics call it deconstruction, a systematic destructionOf the status quo and the stable base…

Momentary

Posted on October 26, 2023October 26, 2023

There is a space between the life you live and the life you dream will be where you are forced to slow down and wait, reflect, and learn. It is the place where you find yourself simultaneously hoping, fearing, and trusting both yourself and everyone around you. It is that space where you have to learn to trust yourself. And you have to learn to trust others, trust the journey you are on, even when the hills, valleys, and switchbacks make you feel exhausted and overwhelmed. You’re in that momentary space for a reason.

Wildflowers

Posted on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

I’ve been thinking about wildflowers a lot lately. As I’ve been going on long walks around Bloomington, I’ve found more and more places where wildflowers are blooming. They change a little throughout the seasons, but they are still there. And, as I walk, I find them in the ugliest of places – forgotten corners of…

The Letter Exchange

Posted on September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

There was a long, persistent lonely feelingIt wasn’t something she truly understoodBut it wasn’t exactly foreign, eitherIt was the culmination of a million momentsWhere it didn’t matter if she was around peopleOr if she knew she had something to anticipateShe still felt truly lonely. There was a soft, gentle, lovely feelingGrowing with each passing dayA…

Bottled Up

Posted on September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

She wasn’t the kind of person who broke easilyShe wasn’t the kind of person who showed her heartShe’d been too open and had learned to wall off the world She kept herself safe by keeping herself just outsideOutside the people who could hurt herand outside the risks that might grow her – or destroy her…

Broken & Whole

Posted on September 6, 2023September 6, 2023

a study in contradictions Every piece shattered when she fellThe floor covered in bits of dreamsHopes and wonders and should have beensNo longer able to be seen for what they were Dust choked the light that tried to stream inCovered the surfaces that once held happy memoriesHiding the cracks in surfaces polished to a fake…

Ruminations on Isolation (Part 2 of a series)

Posted on August 29, 2023August 29, 2023

I’ve never been particularly scared of the dark. Quiet mornings and nights haven’t bothered me. Instead, I often find myself overwhelmed by the noises of life. The constant barage of sounds from every direction create chaos and refuse to let me soul settle. Then as life got harder and more complicated, I found myself using…

Choosing loss (part one of a series).

Posted on July 23, 2023August 29, 2023

There is no way through this without losing. I knew that when I first faced this path. I knew I would lose a lot: friends, family, community, people, my church even. I knew it would test and fracture my hope, peace, and faith. I knew so many of the connections I’d built over so many…

Raging Skies

Posted on July 18, 2023July 23, 2023

Nothing was safe when the storms clouds broke openNothing was secure when the winds started to blowNothing was dry when the torrents began to fallNothing was left in the wake of raging skies Inside her soul the storm raged fierceBattling for what was good and true and rightShe hid in the cellar of her broken…

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