Homesick – Free Write Friday
Image prompt courtesy of http://www.kellieelmore.com It’s like you feel homesick for a place that doesn’t even exist Eternally tethered to a time, a sense you can’t put your finger on […]
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THE LINES BETWEEN
Snap! The tension vibrates from here to there Lines traced as they slip between finger and thumb A tight pinch and a gentle squeeze before the breeze catches the nape […]
I ASK MYSELF
Why do I do this? The habit of self flagellation unbearable yet I find my place here time and again pick… pick… pick… ouch. Why do I do this? Thrown […]
For the women
For the women who carve their own identities from deep roots For the women who take baby steps in women’s shoes For the women who seek solace in their abandonment […]
Exhale
Exhale. That’s it. The break. It’s no longer about them. Or at least not them versus me. Because after me, it will roll on. Regardless. Why wouldn’t it? Who am […]
Melodies of my other life – my new book coming soon
So this is it. This is what I have been anxiously waiting for. Here is the first glance at the cover of my upcoming debut poetry collection Melodies of my […]
Shine
‘If it isn’t fun, it isn’t worth doing.’ Eight words. Eight words is all it took to tell me everything I needed to hear. Like the flick of a rubber […]
No vacancies
For the longest time, the side of your face was all you could lend ‘no vacancies’ the sign that hung at the windows in your eyes and yet you weren’t […]
Kindness takes a minute
Image source http://www.pinterest.com It’s the work of one minute to say ‘how are you?’ instead of ‘who do you think you are?’ or ‘let me tell you more about […]
Plastic Daffodils
How do you prepare yourself for life as a little girl lost How do you prepare yourself for a sharp February morning when the chill bites your nose and the […]
