Coming Into Yourself

Something in the way The world around me has shifted There is a reckoning in my mind A calculation of time passed and time yet to come It's flying by, swirling all around me I am the summation of my experiences I am the projection of my energies Looking out the window of my conscience... Continue Reading →

After the storm

Photo by Roberto Lee Cortes on Pexels.com The winds are violent Shifting the desert sand Transforming the landscape Erasing the footprints and pathways A totally new landscape appears after the storm The valleys and hills have shifted What once was low is high The hills brought low by force Direction is now impossible to discern... Continue Reading →

Wild Thing

Photo by ROMAN ODINTSOV on Pexels.com You were born with a fire in your spirit Like a wild fire that needed to be tamed You cannot explain it, you cannot contain it So you run like the wind Wherever you feel it you go The excitement of the chase fills the void But it never... Continue Reading →

My Solar Plexus

Vortex Woman.. by Sarah Hale Folger The vortex That hole in the middle of my chest Is it fire, is it water Whirling fluid or air A whirlpool, a whirlwind It feels like a waterfall Like broken glass Shattered and falling into me My heart is too extended Filled with thoughts of all my children... Continue Reading →

She was lost

Photo by Roberto Shumski on Pexels.com I was sitting right there as she hurried by She was looking for her mother A grown woman now With a worried look on her face She had the weight of the world upon her shoulders She wanted to show her mother All the things that she had done... Continue Reading →

Wake up Your Soul

So often we only glimpse at our dreams Like a vapor they dissipate Giving way to the mundane tasks And even things we love Like chasing after a rabbit in the woods We trip on fallen logs and roots hidden under leaves Our hearts race after the prize But a bell is ringing It's time... Continue Reading →

Harness The Heart Break

For all the times I felt the pain To love is a mysterious thing Love comes in so many forms As a child your want of love It blinds you to anything else Do you see me, do you hear me That's the stumbling in the dark From child to teen, to adult As we... Continue Reading →

Let it fall

Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric on Pexels.com We dodge and weave Through the torrent of the storm Running from fear Buzy so as not to disappear But if we take a moment If we slow down our pace We will become greater than our instincts We will guide our minds We will understand The only way... Continue Reading →

Goodbye Mom

She was orphaned at five when her mother died Her dad still lived but he was out of the picture He was a train engineer, always away Maybe that's why the sound of a train gives me a rush She lived in houses with other people Not ever a home to her Except for the... Continue Reading →

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