An Open Letter to My Friends and Family
Dear Friend, Child, Family Member, I want to tell you I’m sorry for what I said: all of it, all of the times. I don’t say the right things. I blurt things out before I think about it. Mostly, I tend to hurt people’s feelings. I tend to get my feelings hurt...
When fear creeps in on the edges
Aren’t we a rag-tag band of fellows? All we want is to seek holiness and yet fear and cynicism keeps creeping in at the edges. Fear trips us all up One fears the curse of mental illness has finally gripped her mind. One fears her husband loves his bank...
To the women in my life…
You are so beautiful. I know it's exciting to become a beautiful, busty, curvy woman. People think you are beautiful and admire you. Our bodies are treasures from above and when we show our treasures to everyone it's like giving diamonds or pearls to a pack of mangy...
How Much Sadness Can a Person Swallow?
Tonight I'm thinking of my mom. Most of the time my brain is too busy to spend time thinking about her but it's 3:30 am and I can't sleep. It's rare for me not to sleep. I'd probably write a lot more if I slept less. My husband warded off an inevitable melt-down...
My Special Chicken
Amongst the grieving and searching through the ashes God is faithful to remind us of new life. Scott and I have dreamed of farming. We do not have very much land and we have never done anything beyond a small vegetable garden and caring for cats, turtles, and a dog. A...
Poem: Sinister and Blue
Dreams and hope still blossom They have eternal flame Even curse of generations Cannot drown out the same Dark my dreams of late Sinister and blue Despite the gentle coaxing By the hand of you Tears that stain my pillow Oppression from the deep Taloned claws so buried...
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