Desert hills rising,Like beacons.Wide open spaces.Nowhere to hide.Lizards sunning scaly skin,Like mine after all these years…Skitter away,With a sudden start.The fall of my feet,Upsetting the balance. With each arid breeze,The landscape is forever changed.The grains of sand,Displaced.The Princess and the Pea.You feel it…Before you know it…But it is happ’ning all the while.What is leftThrives in... Continue Reading →
Reborn
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 →