Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers’ Day to All Mothers and “Others” To my 97-year-old Mother Gratitude beyond all words for the lifetime of kindness and laughter and unconditional love. All that I am, I owe to you. xoxo To both my daughters and my son: Thank you for making my dreams come...

My Fears of Being Seen (2013)

It was a bitch to be a witch And be burned at the stake.  I’m terrified to be vilified For the gifts I do partake   I speak to God.  God speaks to me In fact, we both are One. O’er lifetimes past, I know at last My task has just begun.   It’s not heresy to believe in...

Permission Slip

Permission Slip I give myself permission to not do anything Just veg and rest and zone on out no matter who will ring. Don’t answer phones or emails Don’t check to see who liked or messaged or commented. I feel like I’m “on strike.” No more incessant servitude to a...

Avoidant

Avoidant I shouldn’t be avoidant, yet avoidant I will be. That way no yucky feeling will ever bother me. No task that I don’ t want to do will ever need by done. Nor will I ever have to choose a chore instead of having fun. I’ll fritter time and waste it, with no...

Ganglion

My Ganglion My ganglion of feelings, constricts, contains, confines Their eventual unburdening from the rigors of my mind. I think and plan and write and do, but never sit serene As if that slowing down would then unveil some painful scene. So many unseen moments, so...