POEMS & JOURNAL
Gone, Never Forgotten
It's Memorial Day Weekend, which has me thinking about my best friend who was killed in Iraq. This is a flow entry on my current feelings around his death. Most people will never understand the ultimate sacrifice you gave. I mean, it’s not that they don’t respect and...
Give Yourself Permission To Fail
Photo by Ian Kim on Unsplash I did some deep breathing this morning. Lately, I’ve been holding a lot of tension in life, and a good breathing session always does the work in terms of letting things go and giving me clarity in life.There was a topic that...
On Walking With Darkness
Photo by Cherry Laithang on Unsplash Here is a poem I wrote on darkness for a friend who was going through challenging times, and it is something I believe we can all relate to as we find ways to surrender to darkness so we can find a beam of hope...
This is 36…
A poem to myself…I’m sitting here in silence as the sun comes upMorning meditation, coffee in my cupI close my eyes, take a deep breathThe demons are calling me into the darkness, I see the depths of deathI search deep within, I won’t let them pull me down into the...
What If “X” Was The Path To Freedom
Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash Monday mornings have become What if days….Maybe it's because I get up early to write and the entire world is fast asleep. Or perhaps it's a way for me to connect with parts of myself that I still have yet to...
Oh, The Places You’ll Go
I’ve been reading a lot more books with my four-year-old daughter. One book that has become a favorite of hers is Oh, The Places You'll Go By Dr. Seuss.It's an interesting book during these times because Oh, The Places You’ll Go reminds us that much of our lives will...