a moment of peace, just one. maybe that is all i need in the morning to get my day moving. eyes shut, breath into my body exhale out the night before, breathe away the sleep to clear the way for the day not simply to happen, but to be experienced. consciously living the moments that … [Read more…]
you’d think that the urgency would grow greater as time moved on. however, in truth, the urgency dulls. and the passage of time becomes a lulling, rocking, ocean putting me to sleep. i lay on my back staring at the blue, blue sky. not a cloud in it but here and there a sea bird; … [Read more…]
and as soon as i sit down to type all the words fly out of my head. they need to fly out of my fingers dammit! i need to see everything within flow out – picture myself vomiting creativity – 40 years of bingeing and everything just waiting to come out. i’m becoming more and … [Read more…]
Silent, agreeable, pleasing, accommodating, humble, deferrent – abused children, dominated children she’s not alone. all her friends are here, her audience is here. everyone has come to see her performance. her cat looks at her from the bed, the bearskin rug on the floor, her one true critic and stuffed rabbit Structure: – long verse, … [Read more…]
The Miller’s DaughterShe wore a red dress when everyone wore black. No one ever liked a women with her own mind, who made decisions for herself and shared her opinions freely. To everyone’s horror, she decided not to get married before she was 21. She knew how to swim and she travelled on boats and … [Read more…]
Things that are hollow: going tomorrow hoping to save my soul hoping really to forgive yours wading through the shit that collected protectedrepresentations of your tender years cover nicely put on a sheen make it look something like your dreamsall of these things shelter your fears crafted carefully to tell the story you want to … [Read more…]
only forgiving only forsaking only for taking do unto all those others as they do unto you everyday as they will with wills of steel and wheels the torrent drags you under one more time and this time there is no air in front of you around you astound you in plain sight might as … [Read more…]
all of us did manage to fit around that table, farmhouse lamp like a hurricane lamp hanging over the table, knees knocking underneath. i brought homemade cloth napkins, the ones from our wedding, w/ little fabric tags pinned on. folks used permanent markers to decorate their tag and keep the napkin for the weekend. someone … [Read more…]
big chill style reunion, lots of folks old and new – sharing houses and meals, homemade napkins, homemade bread w/ bicycles etched into the dough before baking – giant plate of all the leftovers in the fridge thrown together – hugs at the door and five dogs colliding and strangers looking on at the old … [Read more…]
big chill style reunion, lots of folks old and new – sharing houses and meals, homemade napkins, homemade bread w/ bicycles etched into the dough before baking – giant plate of all the leftovers in the fridge thrown together – hugs at the door and five dogs colliding and strangers looking on at the old … [Read more…]