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Begin Again

Posted on June 20, 2023July 23, 2023

Staying in the same place would have been easier.Less risk. Less fear. Less unknown. Less expectations.Staying in the same place would have been debilitating.More of the same. More complacency. More disquiet in the soul.Staying in the same place would have been expected.Not rocking the boat. Not changing the path. Not upending the journey.Staying in the…

Crossroads

Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

She came upon the crossroads almost accidentally
She hadn’t looked that far ahead, she’d simply tried to breathe
The path was worn, she noticed, eyes always cast straight down
She thought she saw her own footprints there, etched into that ground

Supposed to Be

Posted on April 16, 2023July 23, 2023

April 16: Supposed to Be She was everything she was supposed to beQuiet and ordinary, go with the flow, don’t rock the boatShe was everything she was supposed to beIt was her chance and so hid herself behind a cheerful guiseShe was everything she was supposed to beThe truth of who she was pushed down…

Weighed and Measured

Posted on April 10, 2023July 23, 2023

The balances are always tipping slightly
From one side to the other and back again
As each moment, each experience, each part of your journey
Is taken into account, reviewed, and stacked
Your life story reduced to blocks on a scale, determining, what?

The Saturday World

Posted on April 8, 2023July 23, 2023

There is a day between that dark Friday and that Sunday Morning
That is not spoken of, not discussed, not shared, not celebrated
No one mourns that lost Saturday and no one celebrates its coming
The day between, when the world held it’s collective breath

The Sound of Nothing

Posted on April 7, 2023July 23, 2023

Sometimes the loudest sound is the sound of nothing –
The silence where laughter once rang free –
where songs filled the air with sparkling melody –

But Then There is Hope

Posted on April 6, 2023July 23, 2023

April 6: But Then There is Hope It would be so easy to give upSo easy to decide that today, this moment, was all that would ever beIt would be so easy to give inSo easy to look at the hurts that fight to the surface and let them winIt would be so easy to…

Knotted and Frayed

Posted on April 5, 2023July 23, 2023

Determined to unknot the path though our fingers bend and our caloused hands bleed
From the effort to unwind ourselves from the knotted, rugged landscape of our hearts.
Over under around and through we follow the mountains and valley and never quite see
Beyond the next bend the frayed edges become worn with time and tears.

Allowed (to Want)

Posted on April 4, 2023July 23, 2023

She is allowed (to want) more
– To dream bigger dreams than today
– To want a life that screams of joy and purpose
– To be authentic with her fears and her beliefs

The Spectrum of the Gray

Posted on April 3, 2023July 23, 2023

We cannot always know what is right
We cannot always be the ones to determine truth
We cannot always know
We cannot
We cannot
We cannot

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