Endings and Beginnings
The dusk does not apologize
for the light it swallows whole,
nor does the seed mourn
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Tag becoming
A Clearing of My Own
Last night I dreamed of rooms—
none of them mine.
Woke up in the static hum
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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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Purpose Survives Being Boring
As a holistic counselor and Dance/Movement Therapist, safety plays a large role in my work with people. We all need a safe harbor to come home to. When we don’t have that, we are never able to fully rest. But…
Even A Box of Darkness Can Be A Gift
When Mary Oliver writes, “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness,” she is not suggesting that we not rage against the darkness, that we do not own our suffering, that we stand by and passively say,…
Advice From A Tree
I love the little quotes that come across social media. In a world that offers too many stories of trauma and suffering, inspirational post-it notes, pictures and stories help us root back to our values. It’s like a mini church.…
We’re Not Big on Security Here
Our edges are torn unclean.
Our toes are jammed full of the earth we’ve trudged —
the clammy swampy river and the soft hot sand.
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Three From Forty
37
3 from 40
22 from 15
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Scarlet
Confusion
a tornado
my power driving from the center
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Getting Bigger
Growing Taller
than New York’s Empire
Getting Bigger
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Awakening
rising full height shoulders
back
head high
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