Friday. There was sun.You were warm on my lap.In my arms.By my side. Overnight, the clouds rolled in and the wind blew hard.The sun turned its head away.Maybe forever. You had so much life left in you.So much light.How did it go so fast?Leaving me in darkness. I let myself blink and you were gone.If... Continue Reading →
No. They say it’s a complete sentence.But how would I know?I find it so hard to say no… at least expressly and affirmatively.But it is also true that I unwittingly say no all the time.It’s the quiet no. The one never spoken. The one no one hears.For, saying yes to one thing inevitably means saying... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had an idea? The kind that you feel in your bones? Your muscles? Your synapses? Your heart? When you think about it, everything feels natural. Scary, yes, but thrilling too. Perhaps it started off, wispy as a cloud faintly streaking an otherwise clear blue sky. Or like a dream that touches you... Continue Reading →
Getting ready to meet a friend I haven’t seen in nearly a year for a socially distanced walk, I prepare to answer the inevitable question: How are you doing? Two articles this week really spoke to me and my general state - languishing and YOLO. The latter has defined my ever-increasing contemplation of late, imagining... Continue Reading →
What is coming up for me?Why do I torment so?The path of least resistanceIs a route I’ll never know.I can’t stand the timeWhen the vision is not all in view.Or even once complete,Still on its way to coming to.Right now, I see pieces.Little glimpses of how it might be.The twisting, turning road ahead.What the future... Continue Reading →
Swan vibes.I’m a hustler.Cool on the surface,I’m a tussler.See me,I’m gliding.It’s the strain underneathI’m hiding.BeautyIn my “perfection.”This will beMy resurrection.These wings,See, I can fly.So why’m I pictured hereLakeside?So quiet.Seeming tranquil.They’re blind to my struggle.Feeling thankful. Swan vibes.I’ve got this.Keep moving forward,Regardless.Put meIn your boxes.But I’m more wilyThan the foxes.Graceful.You see weaknessBut my moves, swift enoughFor... Continue Reading →
A new me is born.Gone is the one who doubts.Questions her value.Apologizes.Constantly.For taking up space.For apologizing…Who hides.Afraid to be seen.Willing to be unheard.Crying in the shower because she’s made to feel small.She’s let herself be small.But her ideas are big.Her passion is boundless.Inside, she shines like the sunRising up over the hillside,Greeting the day with... Continue Reading →
Those moments when you are in a surreal limboBetween the life you lead and all of your fantasies.Energy pulses, lights dance.Pure Potential.The world is at your fingertipsAnd you realizeIt’s always thereWaiting for you to explore it.People just like youAnd not like you.Share a languageOr don’t.Share a drinkOr a smile.A friendly face who’s been thereCan show... Continue Reading →
I put my son down to sleep.He says “Mommy, I am so scared.”When he was younger, of course,He feared lions and tigers and bears.The worst thing he could imagine,Was a monster under the bed.I still tell him, “Baby, don’t worry.”But that leaves so much unsaid.In fact, there’s so much to be afraid of,I don’t even... Continue Reading →
Privilege is seeing spring flowers,Aglow in the rising light.Kindness is describing those flowers,Every detail for a friend without sight.You walk together and I see you.Arm held with sturdy, gentle love.The same path I walk each morning,To glimpse the bay views from above.I try not to take for grantedAll of the beauty I see.And, hearing you... Continue Reading →
Soliloquy on Imperfectionism 