Inner Strength

  • Love and Pizza

    I firmly assure you. Love is all there is. Stop mucking around and get on with it, world. The pizza tastes better, there. Continue reading

  • I See Me

    The soft girl whispers in my ear. I drift each cushion to the foot of the bed and carefully place it off to the side, as if it were made of precious, gold leaf. I peel back the doona; the… Continue reading

  • Clear Air

    One day, she sits alone, and understands it all. That she’s never been alone. That all this time their pain has lived within her, pain she never asked for, pain that is not hers to bear. Clear air is what… Continue reading

  • Only Quiet

    There is no sound. There is only the air. There is only the peace that was stolen from the garden of every man. There is no sound. There is only quiet, now. Continue reading

  • Brave

    I’m feeling such a tender ache within me, this morning. The aching quiet, I call it, this softness. This knowing of connection between humans and life, between humans and other humans. Tenderness — more specifically, sitting within the depths of… Continue reading

  • Dark Mistress

    Oh, fear, my dark mistress sweet. Play me into your arms of fright. Chill me with crooked fingers. Undress my calm, tempt me into hiding: I will rise. And you will find the truth of me has no room inside… Continue reading

  • Just The Way You Are

    For the ones who think they are broken. You are beautiful. Just the way you are. Continue reading

  • Connection

    But if I was always happy how would I know the absolute beauty of real human connection. And how would I discover the strength I have inside. Continue reading

  • She Just Is

    Beautiful little flower. Her petals close upon the darkening sky and she sleeps, opening again to the morning sun. Searing heat tortures her softness. Storms tear at her fragile frame. Yet she keeps waking, opening. Closing, sleeping. She does not… Continue reading

  • Life Aches

    Do not look at me and tell me that life does not ache sometimes. Life aches. When life is truly and bravely felt: life aches sometimes. Continue reading