“Another trip around the sun” people say. I imagine this like an infinity loop cycling through healing, grief, inviting/welcoming and celebrating. This seems a fitting journaling practice on your birthday, an anniversary date or really any time it speaks to you. Let us remember we cannot have healing with suffering or grief and we cannot…
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Goodnight my love
The Summer of Dragonflies
Peace and odd clarity came watching the dragonflies at dusk Circling amongst tiny specks of white against the green and the sunset You talking, explaining They swirl in perfect patterns Shush, The dragonflies are dancing. This was the summer of Mountains Climbing Sweating Walking Not running. A sigh A release A whisper of wind I…
Read moreGratitude for the night
I was slurring my words before the wine And over time, fell into a cadence Me, you, me, you This and that is what we are negotiating This is what you are holding This is what I am navigating Gratitude and release Thank you. Now I am home Sinking my bare feet in the grass…
Read moreKeeping the dust
“Give her a challenge” is what he said. “Accepted” is what she said. Some steps took little effort, as if flying a few centimeters above the ground, listening to the wind whirling through the tops of the trees so far away. Even big, bounding steps felt gloriously invigorating; pushing me onward and forward. The cool…
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