ice cold

amidst the seemingly 

complex situation 

it was was rather

simple, really…

the song of change

where will life take me from here?

where will life take me from here?
what is this feeling 
i think it’s fear
where will life take me from here?

when will i know 
where will i go
where will life take me from here?

it’s not until it is

tell me what is it worth 
to listen to words 
that spill forth sincerely 
but mean nothing later?

tell me where do you put 
the meaning of expressions
that hold surety
like clouds in the sky?

Crystal Clear

You are full of joy and life.

Do you know you have a glow?

You enter the room, and it lights up,

And this everyone knows!

You laugh full bodied like

it's coming from your toes

It is like a rolling brook

of crystal-clear water along stones

I recognize it as soon as I hear it,

And miss it when I don't.

funny

I find it funny

when I walk this path

find the fork

and face the wrath 

sharing

i whisper my secrets to the wind 

the difficult things within 

the precious trinkets in the moments too 

get shared with the sunsets and the moon 

You Know Nothing

Tell me, how do I describe the feeling

when I barely know it myself?

That urges me to quit now

and fold within myself?

The sunshine is on my face

and I am armed with fortitude.

I laugh and feel the most me

when my energy is flowing in multitude.

what i wish i had known sooner

 

if you do not like sand, do not come to the beach

You are café con leche 

a caramel drizzle 

over a dash of 

spicy cinnamon,

a decadent sip  

in a cozy cafe 

the reward after a long day 

to spoil a tired woman 

magic 🪄

For my next trick

I will 

disappear 

Les’Nspired

The battle with the best

Life can be really stupid

relentless, and unfair

Yet the battle is to make the best

of every good that's there.

It can run you down

shake you about

and leave you quite alone

And then expect you to get up

dust off your clothes

and pick back up without a moan.

Some things I will have to do

and not all will understand

The things I've survived

just to live as if "I can."

old friend

there are cracks in my armor 

i’m not strong enough this time 

how do i find myself 

continually preparing myself

for this?

photographer

the light bends just right 

across that tree 

right upon that leaf

the shadows strike

a contrast a shade different 

from the last memory 

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : I prayed

The top of the hill

I reached the top of the hill

The sun shone brightly behind you 

and the world became quiet and still 

There you stood in wonderment

There you stood as if heaven sent

baggage

I don’t know how to say it. 

Let it spill like a rainbow 

of color stretched to the horizon 

How my love contained 

I must pack like a plane

full with ill-fitted heavy luggage 

And how every so often 

one comes tumbling out 

with a broken zipper… a ripped seam

defeat

She does not deserve it

She knows she doesn't

So she's going to leave it right there

She saw it with her own eyes

The value she could surmise

But perhaps she was only too aware

So she closes the door

To the gates of hope and explore

And dresses in armor for war

She recognizes this path

Between peace and wrath

And prepares for the final score

one day at a time

Keep your head down

Don’t look around 

Keep your head down 

Eyes on the ground 

One foot steps after another

Not too fast 

but move quickly 

No time for dawdling 

but for staying busy