Follow the rhythm of your lungsas you walk or sit or simply existfor your breath tells your a lotabout the state of yourselfhow to regulate your emotionsthe ways in which you driftin and out of timethe choices you avoidthe to-dos you put offanother day for this dayisn’t the time or placeto check off what couldbeContinue reading “Regulate”
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Steady Your Paddle
in the rolling of the day to daytrust you will remain okayyou will steady your paddleinstead of floating awayyou will fight your battleslearn how to not unraveldiscover your mantrasto quiet your inner criticembrace each challengemove with the rhythm ofthe ever-changing realitythat is life
Learning Lessons
Dreams from the night beforelinger in the backgroundfor the remainder of the day.We pray for what we cannot controlto have a positive outcome.Sending wishes out into the universeto be on our side, for everythingbad to turn out alright.Luck teaches us lessons, we don’talways know we’ve been dealta bad hand when we’re drowningin the consequences ofContinue reading “Learning Lessons”
Nonlinear
I miss your smile these days.I trace my steps through the summer seasonsearching through memories I thought I lostonly to reappear in instances where smellsremind me of my childhood.I avoid driving by your housein the winter, I hate seeing someonewho isn’t you celebrating in the houseI called home in the warmer months.Christmas lights glistening don’tContinue reading “Nonlinear”
Dance
Patience is a delicate dance, one in whichthe steps are mapped out but only so far.One in which it can slip out of graspcausing damage to commence in its wake.Choosing peace and quiet to sitas I watch the dancers graspthe concept of changeas I try to understandmy own.
Intuition
Drowning out the noise of the day,trying to exist without getting lostin the ocean of my own thoughts.I seek beauty, make stories in my head,dance out the darkness until itno longer enraptures my every step.I’m okay, I say, I’m okay.These are the days where I’m beginningto believe my own words.
In-between the cracks of an open window
I spy a bird in the distance on a rooftop signals of summer in the airheat manifests in roomswith no a/c, the east coastliving drips down my skinI listen to the morningmy morning coffee going colda book resting on my keyboardplaces there when I took this photoinspiring a poem through an open window.
Internal Landscapes
A David Gray album is my soundtrackas the tides change in my brainas the days are shifting, blossoming.I am in the process of mourningthe part of me that’s helped mesurvive up until now. I love her dearlybut in the process of growth, I mustlet her go. My body aches at herdeparture, for it’s unbalanced inContinue reading “Internal Landscapes”
Technicolor
I love how the pink flowers contrast perfectly with the deep blue cloudless morning sky. Appreciation of beauty takes a second of your day but can lighten your mood and remind you of some of the ways in which change can be lovely. It’s the small details that have the deepest impact. We walk inContinue reading “Technicolor”
Secret Garden
Before the trees form leaves,bright daffodils sprout inthe most unexpected place.Off a ledge, forms a secret garden,by the river, may they bloom.This becomes a little sanctuary, surrounding of nature allowsfor the passing of daysto be blissful. For Aunt Liz.
