Challenge Becomes a game A bright spot If we allow it Perspective shifts And we see magic In what used to be struggle We know Transformation The beauty That follows difficulty And we know That pain Is only temporary ~ Caroline A. Slee
Health
Twisted #wwwblogs
Left to its own devices The tall tree Will find the sky Adapting to wind And storms In its own path Trunk and limbs Will dance and entwine Stronger together Than before While time smiles At this twisted beauty A survivor Here to stay - Caroline A. Slee
Hands #wwwblogs
It was nothing, at first A little less energy A little more illness Just another normal In a busy life It transformed To sickness A parade of hospitals And treatments With time passing onward Years were suspended A kind of in-between My body slowly returning An awkward perennial Trying to bloom again But damage was … Continue reading Hands #wwwblogs
Seeking the Silence #MondayBlogs
In a space of quiet Solitude waits Not the sorrow Of loneliness But the budding strength Of alone The world is in a hush Without the traffic Of busy voices And breath Becomes purpose And meaning The silence is waiting For you A discovery Only you can find For yourself A meditation Your soul can … Continue reading Seeking the Silence #MondayBlogs
Submerged
My spirit joins In that underwater dance All impulse And momentary delight In the solitude Of the deepest blues A somber celebration Easily overlooked Still that underwater ballet Persists Without an audience A beauty ignored Although not hidden Disregarded But carrying on A celebration Too little, too much Too "something" for someone But so perfectly … Continue reading Submerged
Sometimes You Can Do Everything Right ~ #MondayBlogs
And it won't matter in ways that you can see it. It can leave you frustrated, scared, lost... Pick an adjective, any one will do. But that doesn't matter, does it? We all know that if we just follow those "right" things, everything will just flow in the way it's supposed to. The problem there … Continue reading Sometimes You Can Do Everything Right ~ #MondayBlogs
Northern Sun
The hours and miles Are no more than a heartbeat And a mountain All in the same moment There is joy Twined with struggle And their careful ballet Is fixed We cannot separate Our suffering from our bliss Nor our triumphs from our failures Even so The stumbles Pose no danger Until the day arrives … Continue reading Northern Sun
Must Versus Should #wwwblogs
Every day is filled with all of the "shoulds" and "ought tos." I should give more effort to work I should give more time to my children I should give more time to my health I ought to: earn more, do more, be more... Sometimes I realize that, for all of my "shoulds" most of … Continue reading Must Versus Should #wwwblogs
Within This Here ~
A woman Whose smile I wear Rests after the climb Though I never knew Her voice or her embrace I carry her On my heart In my DNA I see her face shining Through my children I fight her lost battle And wish Upon a family She left too soon And within These walls Rests … Continue reading Within This Here ~
Skin #wwwblogs
The hours we celebrate This skin that stretches around us Are fleeting at best And the years strip away What has been held before us As beauty We reach a finish line Barely even women anymore Unless we realize Each wrinkle Every scar And those deadly battles won Make us defiantly female Beyond the standards … Continue reading Skin #wwwblogs