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 […]
So often we keep to ourselves. So often we work in silos. So often we ignore the person seated next to us. Caught up in our posts, likes and latest gossip bit. We miss the pain in the hearts of others. We miss the tremoring lips on the […]
I am an extroverted introvert. There is such a thing. Many people do not believe me when I tell them that I am an introvert. They note the fact that I constantly give talks, speeches and my opinion. The latter, quite readily. But I was not always that […]
Growing up she had been warned to never look at a mirror at night. Much harm could come her way if she did. She had been warned day in and day out and she took it seriously. Then one day she threw a fleeting glance at the mirror […]
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