I’ve never really fit into any group that well. Maybe that’s part unhealed trauma, part innate oddness, and part superpower. My seat has always been with the misfits. That’s where I belong. With the loners and the rebels, the broken and awkward and divergent ones. With the people who couldn’t fit the box if they […]
Oh, but I am so very much more than a collection of pretty words. I’m tear stained and crumpled poetry; stirring, profound, rubbish, absurd. I’m tranquil shades of arcadian blue, a hawk soaring over wide open skies; demure and charcoal grey backdrops, and storms raging from swollen eyes. I am the stench of decayed, rotting […]
Don’t you know by now that every love poem is about you? Do you not yet see that every song, every hastily scribbled line, every passionate rendition is for you as much as it’s for anyone? Love isn’t a one-on-one thing, something that can be kept between one giver and one receiver – because in […]
One year of the elements – introduced and induced, one by one. Three hundred sixty-five lessons, beneath three hundred and sixty-five suns. The wind was the first among them to rise, to beckon, whispering my name, as a herald, a signal, a caution, a sign, that nothing would ever be the same. Next to call […]
This year there will be no resolutions. At least not the kind I used to set. Because this year doesn’t center the task. This year centers the being, with faith that the tasks will naturally follow. This year I’m settling in to my Knowing. Last year brought the practice runs and curve balls, and now […]
The most important thing you can do is tend to the fire. Don’t spend all your daylight warding off dangers or hastily gathering up tribes. Those things will happen on their own when the flames are burning bright. Gather up your kindling – leaves, poems, sorrows, ideals, and other combustible things – and use them […]
I opened my mouth to speak and fire came out. Then came that age old response. The voice in my head that said stop. Don’t speak in anger. Don’t allow yourself to feel anger. Anger doesn’t help. Anger just triggers the other person. Being angry means that you’re doing something wrong. You’re looking at it […]
The unshed tears of my mother and her mother, and those of her mother before her – I will use them as water so that new branches might grow from this ancient and strong, but wounded, tree. And their unexplored depths will be my home, the places they were warned not to tread, for the […]
My earliest memories are flashbulb memories. For those who don’t know, a flashbulb memory is a vivid, detailed, and long-lasting memory that is triggered by shocking or emotionally significant events. These particular memories became flashbulbs not because the circumstances were unique, in fact they were quite common, but because my thoughts about them became conscious. […]
Let it go Forgive Be kind Turn the cheek Be the change It’s just men being men It’s just locker room talk Don’t overreact Don’t make something out of nothing Don’t pick sides Be the change A girl said he fondled her “but that’s all they have so far” I guess it’s not that bad […]
When the road narrows and the trees bend, when the winds howl and the sky darkens; there are the footprints of rogue travelers who forged a way. There are roots, held firm by generations of seekers, and healers, mothers and grandmothers who gave their last breath laying the groundwork for the next mothers and her […]
Ah, yes, the beauty of a wave formation is astounding. Pulled by the moon. Supported by the earth. Higher potentials are coalescing in the deep. Watch as they merge and swell. Slowly at first, but with a force that only comes from the heart. Deeper meaning. Deeper intentions. Higher hopes and dreams, perched on the […]
There are pre-packaged roles, and characters, and stories all around. And they are being bought and sold and pushed upon us all. Hold your own. There are vibrations and rhythms and dances and plays. They swirl and circle and beckon others to join. Hold your own. There are voices and songs and messages flowing through […]
Little worlds outside the world. That’s what we have made. Here in whispers, and laughs, and secrets under cool white sheets. Here under a tree, whose branches are weighted by fragrant white flowers, and her roots rise out of the ground around us like a living hug. Here around the table where giggles and red […]
It’s a balancing act. Maintaining your peace while fighting fiercely for others’. Holding righteous anger in one hand and universal compassion in the other. Recognizing and standing up to an assault on freedom while understanding that it can never be given or taken away. Creating the world you want while honestly witnessing the world as […]
Watching the military meeting hosted by Trump and Hegseth was difficult. More so even than usual, it felt like forcing myself to pay attention as someone was raking their fingernails across the chalkboard or sliding a table across a squeaky floor. The urge to turn it off was strong; but the moment felt pivotal, so […]
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