There is a moment within each week that suddenly becomes an uphill battle first, the alarm set before the rising sun the softness of sleep holding me in place then, the journey from solitude and silence into color and chaos and voices pitched loud transitions usually smooth automatic predictable become a sudden culture shock in … Continue reading Push
poetry
Morning Meditations
Morning Meditations I stand in the sun breathing in the day's gratitude taking in the sleepy world before traffic awakens to the roads the doves and the bees make short work of their music while the rabbits duck in and out of hiding wildlife in the suburbs greets my awakening eyes as peace washes over … Continue reading Morning Meditations
Gentleness #MondayBlogs
Gentleness We offer each other a soft landing within a world of hardened hearts we take the moment for breath for the pause for listening to the heartbeat that still runs steady beneath our feet We offer our own gentleness flowing outward into the world a quiet defiance in the face of everything brash a … Continue reading Gentleness #MondayBlogs
Perfect Conditions
Perfect Conditions The sky would never have fallen if the cliffs had reached higher heights none of it would have ended in disaster if only we had been stronger, better, morewe confront every hypothetical with repentance and endless regrets donning our armor to face all the things that were never real we borrow trouble and … Continue reading Perfect Conditions
Hope #MondayBlogs
Hope #MondayBlogs The tiniest push as we climb towards the sun chasing the light that nourishes us becomes unstoppable as we break through the barriers that keep us bound the limits that seek to bury us alive we hold fast to hope indomitable in our will steadfast as we rise returning to joy as we … Continue reading Hope #MondayBlogs
Self-Soothing
Comfort no longer comes from community occupying a space of isolation but instead must be found in the silence within rituals soothe us through the empty hours lifting our hearts along the way - Caroline A. Slee
Fugue #MondayBlogs
Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels.com Fugue The subject is introduced in a solitary voice seeking its flight from the everyday a slender thread shaky in the pull easily broken and easily missed but strengthening in resolve strengthening in numbers a thread become a ripcord in the flight and the rush the subject becomes … Continue reading Fugue #MondayBlogs
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Thoughts on the Desiderata
Vitality
We breathe and we push into the next chapters restoring ourselves and healing old wounds finding identity once more our colors bloom true standing against the sun a sort of hope in full force after hours of dreaming to find some comfort to protect us from the knife sharp edges we live, we exist we … Continue reading Vitality
The Unanswered Question
It's never just the single unanswered question but a stream of wonderings that flow through my mind during those witching hours that see me awake and thoughtful but who can answer what will never be spoken except to empty rooms and silent stairs I wait for an answer that will never come left on my … Continue reading The Unanswered Question