A prayer
Gracious. omnipresent. deliverer.
Wherever we go, there we are
So, here I am.
Hopeful. In need of grace and in this place of not knowing
Here I am.
In wait. Partaking of daily sustenance
Here I am.
In need. Letting go of my wrongs and those who’ve wronged me
Here…
A poem
Leaving leaves me with space for joy.
Just in time to be my own.
Self-esteem improved with the
distance. I hold her in higher affection.
I hold him with greater curiosity and
kindness and now freed I fly.
Unclipped wings return to
the nest, unpressed,
and taking time for rest.
A poem in pain
I often wonder if the pain I’ve
Endured throughout life is meaningful.
The pain as common as stomach aches,
migraines, and menstrual cramps
Or as uncommon and life-upending
as twisted ankles, strange diagnoses and
Recovering from major surgeries.
Is it true that the Pain serves to
offset the Pleasure? That you…
Prompt: What is your joy?
My joy is a new pen gliding over a fresh
unadulterated page. My joy is the curve
of letters, the crafting of masterpieces
out of the stringing of words. My joy
is a story told from here to her
and there to them. My joy is
this poem & the repercussions
of a quiet moment…
A call and response poem
An empty vessel —
Mediations of a heart
Waiting to be filled
A shattered pretense
Mended with gold and virtue
Replenished with love
A void.
Toyed emotional boy.
Triggering soil. Burried life annoyed.
Potted roots hold truth and lies.
Mis under standing.
Received shock and surprise.
Connected no more to…
