Sunbathing

Sunbathing

green monster jealousy and your cousin envy you puff up and tear down simultaneously in my soul someone else receives my accolades why, what is wrong with me humming siren songs of pride, purpose, and place in these uncertain waters you cast out promises of security...
Question

Question

Cardinal, high above meIn a branch bright greenBrilliant blue beyond your backdropDo you know you’re red?Brazen beauty flaming in the skyYour color commands every eyeDo you feel my stareAnd that of all you pass by?How could you go unnoticed?Why might He have...
Sun Through Clouds

Sun Through Clouds

I stare at him through tears and snotThe congestion in my head a mirror of that in my heartI want to clear bothI want the tears to stop falling and the clouds around my heart and mind to clear like they do so often after the rainBut they won’tThe hurt and...
Will  You Be My Friend?

Will You Be My Friend?

Circle yes or no. The invitation and solicitation wrapped up in one. A little girl’s simple, straightforward words to request. To fill a hunger of heart she can’t begin to comprehend. So vulnerable and sweet. And so unaware of the precipice upon which she...

You’re Invited

Might my frustration be an invitation to stop and choose “the good portion, which will not be taken away”? Could this anger reveal my fears and misplaced trust in man and the strength of flesh? Emotions . . not good or bad. False or true. But signs,...

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