It Has Finally Happened to One of Us
It Has Finally Happened to One of Us It has finally happened to one of us For a moment, forgetting as she forgets, that the center point is not the I. It is happening to her, [...]
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02, 2015
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01, 2015
May My Heart Be Open (A Chanted Prayer)
May your heart be open May your words be kind May you see the face of God When you look in each others’ eyes May your feet sink down deep Into the Mother’s soil May you [...]
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01, 2015
Dear Young Man
Dear young man: Thank you for the compliments on my beauty and hour-glass figure, But perhaps hitting on me at the 24-hour chant wasn’t the very best of choices. Dear beautiful young man with the 4% [...]
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01, 2015
Her Face Still Lights Up When She Sees Me
I am only able to visit her now about once every six weeks My eldest sister, who sees her every day is sometimes unaware of the changes that stumble my breath. Her face still lights up [...]
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01, 2015
Good Morning, Sunshine!
Every morning, without fail, she put her depression and the misery of her marriage in the dryer that stood in the kitchen good only for countertop space and storing the 20 lb bag of potatoes we [...]
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03, 2014
Last Night, While I Was Sleeping
Last night, while I was sleeping far from you, my heart was growing bigger. I woke up this morning to find that my chest could barely contain its volume. It is growing still. I can [...]
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02, 2014
Sometimes I Can’t Shake This Sadness
Sometimes I can’t shake this sadness in spite of all my training. I can’t seem to wish myself into happiness, Whitewash it with a positive affirmation or two or twenty. I cannot kill the thoughts that [...]
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02, 2014
The Bruised Darkness Still Erupts
For Kathy Lee Kappmeir Just as the doctors predicted upon her diagnosis, she held out for two years in spite of her conviction that holistic treatments and prayers to Hindu gods and goddesses would heal [...]
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02, 2014
Real Love Requires UnPrincessing
We have been trained in the way of princess and savior. Cinderella stories of powerless victimization rescued by some prince with a little magical help from above. It is not our strength, our fortitude or our [...]
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11, 2013
Three Simple Steps to Make Your Life Holy
Everybody needs a God. Now, if you’re an atheist and that puts you on edge, read on, ‘cause there’s a place for you in here as well. The first thing we need to do in order [...]