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My sister’s 29th birthday would have been today.
Instead, she’s forever young, stuck at 23.
It’s strange to think
I’m no..
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Time is a cunning thief.She will steal away opportunities - of love - of happiness - of living,only to scar over the gaping woundsand lull you into a ..
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The day’s events have thrown us off kilter-
our hips shifted and spines twisted-
like a sudden surge of scoliosis,
brought on by a runaway t..
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I was recently told that it was a beautiful, beautiful thing,whenever I cry --because in those raw moments,at my most bare and vulnerable,is when ..
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It’s one of those days wherefinallyI allow myself to sit down and relax--and I end up strained, choking on the tears.I can’t tell if I&rsq..
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Feeling really strangelike the electric chargethrumming in the still airright before a mid-summer’s thunderstorm.It’s not looming disaster..
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6 years ago today, I was sitting on aswing-setin the middle of the night, thinking about how my world had been turned inside out over the last few mon..
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I was at my second wake in two weeks,dressed all in black,wearing lipstick and looking sad,(just like any other day)--when a woman came up to mewith g..
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Oh
my head don’t feel so good
darling.
And
I wonder if I’ll ever stop crying
on every drive home when
my headlights
illuminate
t..
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"Just Be Yourself!"
Empty words-
spoken brightly with a smile,
their heads cocked to the side
like the spaniel your Nana used to have
that was ..
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