We seek the driven snow that blinding white of grief and purity before the turn in weather before the greys of sleet the world unmarked by human steps we rest in the silence of a world muffled in cold blooming into ice and frost - Caroline A. Slee
City Girl I've never been a city girl thrilling to the crush of crowds energized by the noise and rush of traffic-laden streets and busy sidewalks I visit and join the madness an around-the-clock hustle to the next urgent task but find myself longing for darkness at night and quieter days I will never be … Continue reading City Girl
City Girl
We Cannot See We cannot see the future nor beyond the curve ahead trapped in a present cage battering our wings against our limits the light does not illuminate but burns in a destructive glow as we stumbly blindly in what we only hope is forward motion we cannot see beyond the dreams that drag … Continue reading We Cannot See
We Cannot See
We Remember In a world that denies truth we remember we speak though hatred wishes for compliance we remember the millions who were silenced and stolen and murdered we remember our history though some would rewrite it our eyes bear witness to man's worst destruction we remember what must never happen again - Caroline A. … Continue reading We Remember #MondayBlogs
We Remember #MondayBlogs
A Song of Winter The time soon comes for planting once more as the soil rests its bones away from the sun our season of recovery and healing will move into springtime and sun but winter will remain within our own bones a memory and a melody we will not forget a song of winter … Continue reading A Song of Winter
A Song of Winter
Lamentations #MondayBlogs The sky is choked with dust and wind the stars have dropped from sight the world still turns on its axis and time still makes her demands but the life we held to yesterday is no longer what stands before us darkness lingers and fills every space as we begin to seek the … Continue reading Lamentations #MondayBlogs
Lamentations #MondayBlogs
In Another Place A part of me remains in another place while you have moved beyond what my eyes can see And the world feels too big too bright and too loud for the me that stands here while you are no more My heart overflows with every unspoken future the calls I will not … Continue reading In Another Place
In Another Place
A snippet of grief
The Pages No Longer Turn
Whiteout #MondayBlogs Winter brings blindness over the snow against the sky eyes half shut to close out the light we do not rest for snow bright months instead we pace the floors measuring and remeasuring every corner of our lives we turn away from the whiteout to examine what was unknown blind but seeing too … Continue reading Whiteout #MondayBlogs
Whiteout #MondayBlogs
The winds clear the winter leaves forgotten in the universe standing upon dead silent streets the very last left on earth And should the sky choose to fall in a final act of outrage still we would heed the hint of promise to keep us locked in our circle The wheel keeps spinning until we … Continue reading Winter Leaves