a poem — I never wore a veil for you But I hid my eyes I maintained a shadow of myself A mask that shifted with time My veil was self-inflicted A permanent disguise Forgotten in its familiarity A betrayal that cemented lies A veil that blanketed me in fog To stop me…

a poem Sometimes I burn with indignatious rage, Sometimes I choke on all the words I have not spoken, I struggle to swallow them down One. More. Time. I can’t speak with your hands across my mouth, teaching me to hold my tongue. …

a poem for childless mothers — There’s a gaping wound inside of me A hole in which you were supposed to lay Like a black hole it swallows the light around me I don’t know how to make it go away The innocent joy of my children Seems muted now and distant Even as their fingers tangle in…

a poem — Strength comes in many forms In making hard decisions In facing impossible truths head on In accepting that things will never be the same Strength can look like a determined mind Like silver hair and bright eyes Like lips raise on one side in a smile Like an attitude that says, ‘I still…

a poem —

March’s third week prompt of Lifeline — Colour — The sky has a thousand shades. From the lightest blue, that perfect backdrop to the wisps of clouds, that appear from an invisible paintbrush and float on by. To the blue of cornflowers, as the summer sun bakes down, tightening skin, wilting petals, and cracking the earth. I have seen…

a poem — I want something I don’t have language for Something that deviates from the known path Something only found when we leave safety behind I want the security of love Without the sniper fire of logistics and frustration I want the receptivity of friendship Without the exhausted indifference of complacency I…

a poem

A poem — I watched as beautiful women strode past me glorious in their butterfly wings their vibrant finery. I at once celebrated them and drew back from their brightness. Looking down, I searched for my own wings. Turning in circles I couldn’t catch a glimpse. I closed my eyes against the world, …

A poem There are moments in the dark when the loneliness is piercing moments that have me begging for the future to arrive today when I’ll be held in the dark secure and safe within the arms of another knowing that dawn is always faced together In this moment I…

a poem

a poem

a poem — Winter’s trees skeletal and stark standing tall upon the frosted earth the wind has torn away their layers of protection exposing their skins to the harsh days ahead yet with the loss comes opportunity and the sunlight strikes the ground turning ice to glistening jewels the unforgiving hard ground to a carpet of…

a poem —

a poem — I want something I don’t have language for something that deviates from the known path something only found when we leave safety behind. I want the security of love without the sniper fire of logistics and frustration I want the receptivity of friendship without the exhausted indifference of complacency I…

a poem — Spring is natures return her long and arduous climb up from the depths the tendrils of shadow the stains of ash the scent of death clinging to her body She pulls herself up The light hurts her eyes She wants to recoil to fall into the soothing darkness but she resists She calls up…

a poem —

a poem The weight in my chest is sudden pulling me down as decades of dreams fall The room expands an echo of the gulf between us my gasping breath sharp in the silence left by the slammed door The world becomes a blur as I hold my breath the…

a poem —

Holding Back Disconnection and Isolation —