I am envious of the stillness that presses into the earth before the snow falls, each element of life tucked inside its own being, preparing for the cold blanket. They have no fear. It is a part of their existence. I wish to ensconce my head into the very breasts that gave my sons life with only my breath’s stroke to bring me occasional warmth. ( Read more... )

i dance on the sand at midnight

beneath the softened light of

the moon's stars

i am chunky stomach and

over plump buttocks

bumpy thighs and

tell tale signs of

childbirth

but

the darkness doesn't care

about flawed perfection

i can dance with her

to the music of the waves

i can spin

i can jiggle

still she smiles

to the darkness

i am ( Read more... )

i used to need my pain to feel alive. now i am alive because i don't need my pain.

I traded my pain for the lesser of two evils.  I turned in my sorrow for love that would never look my way.  I traded tears of sadness for tears of emptiness hoping if I released my soul it would save me.  Left paddling against the tide, floating atop an empty shell that once weighted my back, I was washed away, only able to see my figure, a ( Read more... )

he once said he needed me to breathe.  when i stopped believing him, i cut off his air supply.  i wonder if he's still alive?

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they don't read poetry like they used to
tragic prose like lilting sad roses
rolling off tongues of the unforgiven
speaking of foaming seas, uncounted sand
mystical whisperings

they don't read poetry like they used to
replaced by digital image
visual replaces audio replaces visual words
they've lost savant understanding

remember Poe ( Read more... )

in a funk/need motivation/spent too much money this weekend/mad at myself for lack of self control/in a funk/need inspiration/didn't get out of bed for more than an hour today/slept the whole day away/full moon blows/in a funk/need tomorrow to come

Live4lyfe Your strength and spirit is beautiful.  Just hearing your voice last night was uplifting for me. I needed a real “Ya Ya” moment, and I felt so much energy flowing through us. You made me remember how important our center is. Your honesty about life and absence of selfish pride when it comes to your own growth and healing represents that base ( Read more... )

In Loving Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives:

September 11, 2001

( May We Never Forget )

i am building castles
with moats where desperation drowns
tall brick towers rapunzel can't
even grow hair enough to climb

i am building walls
with barbed wire at the top
slices of my heaven inside

i would invite you
but you wouldn't stay

i am planting seeds in fields ( Read more... )