A Veritable Expression
A rare moment of silence to sit empty, waiting to be filled. No one else’s thoughts, feelings, emotions to cloud my own. There is value in recognizing bits of your soul in someone else. Realizing our...
View ArticleAlive (for now)
Your vibrant colors dripping from stems sighing with relief. Renewed with life – water, copious water flowing through your veins. Emboldened by the burst of warmth. Alive (for now*). * I have what is...
View ArticleInto the Wilderness: My Favorite Place
On The Water Today I close my eyes, turn my face towards the sun. Feel the rays kissing my face, caressing me like a lover. Tender, soft. The breeze gusts and brings a chill to my flesh. Tamping the...
View ArticleThe Spirit of the Forest
I sit in silence with the stars above my head and the dirt beneath my feet. If you close your eyes If you listen very closely You will feel something more. A sacred presence An energy pulsating within...
View ArticleThe Fear**
(Photo (from the Black Forest Fire) Credit: Reuters/Rick Wilking) Smoke fills the sky, ashes falling like rain. The pain of this land, the pain of my people, is palpable. So much terror, so much fear,...
View ArticleThis Sacred Dance
This sacred dance, this divine ritual. Delicate selection from the substance of me. A leap – not sure where these feet will land. Wherever, it will be right. I free the color from its dark prison. An...
View ArticleWhere I’m From–The Early Days
I originally wrote this poem as part of my interview at Spirit Uncaged as part of her Spirits in Sync series. You can read the full interview HERE. I’m from the thick, green woods. I’m from Mamaw’s...
View ArticleA Waking Dream
I had a dream it all never happened. It was a waking dream. So real. The grief, anger, hurt – all never existed. The scars, gone. No pain. So free in this body of mine. I woke up, and my … Continue...
View ArticleA Mixed Media Canvas: Listen
Let go of the need to classify every experience. let go of the need to rationalize. when you quiet your mind, what do you hear? with your ears? with your body? energy vibrating all around connecting...
View ArticleSolace in Solitude
A retreat from the busyness of daily life. The noise, all the noise. A deep need, desire to retreat from the expectations. To quiet the voices of everyone around me… To turn it all down so that I could...
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