1. My stream of consciousness I flew in to be here I was watering some flowers in the quiet morning When two little birds caught my eye on the empty feeders Looking for what’s left of what is usually full, now eaten Mostly by squirrels First I was simply with … Read More
Have you noticed this in the past months: an awareness of feeling less safe, more vulnerable? less patience, more irritability, which is sometimes what comes to the surface when what we are really feeling is not safe? or a generalized, underlying anxiety that runs rampant at unexpected times? If so, … Read More
Fires out of control Destroying people’s homes and lives The loss more than I can count Hundreds dead and missing From the fires and earthquakes and floods And people shot, killed in their synagogue Or their church or the mosque in which they prayed Children shot, killed in their schools…how … Read More
I. Discovered online after Paris attacks November 2015 later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt? it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere —Warsan Shire II. In response: posted August 2016 Heart breaking, I wondered, what can I … Read More