So often we stand to the side Wait in the darkness Hang with the shawdows But light needs to be seen and felt A cascade of luminescence Must overflow and not be tamed Shine on Shine from within Stand in the light No need to hide to save […]
It’s a story as old as time Betrayal can run deep It’s a story as old as time Redemption can change the winds Or so you hoped as you planned to be wrong You think you are so smart But you are such a bore You did all […]
It’s time to vault into the universe I promise you won’t fall Your warm nature will help you rise A bounty within your reach A rainbow for you to slide on A nexus of stars to help you shone brighter You will ricochet to and from my heart […]
He presented himself as a sad, broken man. He sat across from her with his head hanging low with a furrowed brow. Something was wrong but she was convinced it wasn’t a broken spirit. He was lying with his posture. But what was he masking? Everyone in the […]
I’m shiny like a newly polished bell I’m brimming with sparkling confetti I’m glistening like a golden globe Incandescence is my middle name I exude a quiet and loud radiance You know it Now you can embrace it Enhance it Be enchanted by it Now you can stand […]
Early in the am, I stopped and took in this rainbow public art. And, just thought of how much I love my beloved New York City. It’s a place where even at 5am, you can find a place to be yourself. It’s a place where at 5am everything […]
I have never been that great in taking a compliment. Although, I most definitely know how to toot my own horn and blow my own trumpet. I actually wish I had learned to play the trumpet in school. It is such a vibrant, energetic instrument. Instead I learned […]
I would like to mambo and cha cha I would like to hope, skip, and jump I would like to toss a grenade wait I would like to toss a ball And catch a purpose While catching a sunrise day in and day out I would like […]
Alzheimer’s scares me. I think it should scare everyone. Our memories ground us into a reality (regardless of how we have constructed it). Yet Alzheimer’s is a disease that makes us unrecognizable to ourselves and robs us of our memories and corresponding stability. Alzheimer’s is the result […]
Lying on the rug hoping for relief Just don’t have it in me Can’t move, think, or blink Chapped lips Thirsty for some water But my bones ache too much I remain on the rug Hoping for a jagged reef And a calming sea Where my exhausted mind […]
