I saw the face of god today I simply could not look away It came in waves From your shining eyes Ancient wisdom Sweet surprise It’s something that cannot be said But the heart sings here I am again You watched yourself see me see you We held and swirled in endless loop And touched… Continue reading Reflections
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Gathering
I’m eighteen and I’m standing in the doorway of your house And you are telling me it’s just a phase Couched in your scorn is implied meaning That I am wrong to claim this part of me as identity And soon I will realize it I’m not surprised to hear this from you I didn’t… Continue reading Gathering
Boundary
Like a hot metal bead sinking through butter The sensation gets into my belly and sits there Heavy Letting me know something has happened The first thing I do is rest with it inside me Watching the discomfort urging me to act Say something Alleviate this feeling Take control The next thing I do is… Continue reading Boundary
Hooking up with your Ex
When you get up out of the bed I feel my body suggesting that this hurts That we are being abandoned So I snuggle up with it And remind it Of all the little pleasures of our routine The way we spend our mornings alone My body and I There will be deep breaths There… Continue reading Hooking up with your Ex
A Lantern
Hours after you leave, I sit still I feel it coming over me like a moonrise This emotion that makes its home in me For a little while, all at once Creating the tides of my heart Coming and going This feeling wants you It longs, it calls It forms words that lead nowhere Urging… Continue reading A Lantern
Starting Over
It’s not that he didn’t want to start over. Max could see a relatively compelling image of the next several years of his life: in this image he was more at ease, more successful, and things were lining up just right, and there were some new people in his life that made him wonder how… Continue reading Starting Over
“Tell Me What You Feel”
“Tell me what you feel” You press my hand to your heart I feel your aliveness There is nothing to fear I stand at the precipice Of myself Preparing to plunge Through the lake of mirrors Emerging in unbroken sky Of unfamiliar hue This labor I undertake With all of me For all of you… Continue reading “Tell Me What You Feel”
Not Listening
“You’re not even listening to me, are you?” Just like that, the magic words that bring me back to the surface. Suddenly and not suddenly at all I’m sitting across from you, my eyes scanning your too-familiar face and reading the hurt, the disappointment, these things familiar too, urging me to retreat back into myself. … Continue reading Not Listening
Queen of Elves 