8 Exits From a Victim Identity
There is a difference between having been victimized and being a victim. To have been victimized is an event (or events) that happened in a specific period in the past. To be a victim is to take on an identity…
Her Brand of Human
Dance,
before taking wings with lyrical figures,
was rooted in the heavy thighed.
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This Love
This love, this
wide-angled panoramic,
even the peripheral can’t hold it all.
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How To Get Simple
In the last month I packed all my possessions into a cargo van, got rid of the rest, and moved in with my sister and her family in California to assist with my ailing mother. Instead of a 3-bedroom home,…
Good Morning, Sunshine!
Every morning, without fail,
she put her depression and the misery of her marriage
in the broken dryer that stood in the kitchen
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6 Lessons Learned On The Back of a Bike
In my experience, mindfulness is more important than meditation. Meditation is just one practice to increase mindfulness. It is mindfulness in our mundane, daily lives that provides greater lessons for living well. I rode on the back of a motorcycle…
My Heart is a Ten-Pound Brick
My heart is a 10-pound brick.
It lays heavy in my belly like the chocolate chip cookies,
brownie and carrot cake I ate today,
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An Ode to Avocados
Thank you avocados,
for saving my dry ass meat since I have no idea how to cook.
Like the fat juicy softness of mangos,
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Dear Young Man
Thank you for the compliments on my beauty and
hour-glass figure,
But perhaps hitting on me
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Her Face Still Lights Up
I am only able to visit her now
about once every six weeks.
My eldest sister,
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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 cleverness, we are told,…
May My Heart Be Open
May your heart be open
May your words be kind
May you see the face of god
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