Love

  • This Is It

    Death, I suppose, does that to us. It’s one of those accidental growth inducing things that none of us actually want, but do end up getting from time to time. Lessons in perspective. Lessons in gratitude, these are just some… Continue reading

  • Wonderful, Wonderful

    They didn’t understand her, but they allowed her just to be. And that, she knew, was a wonderful, wonderful wonder. Continue reading

  • An Open Heart

    You might think the glow of an open heart to be impossible outside the honeymoon phase of romantic love, but I assure you: it’s quite possible. And it is very, very lovely, my goodness. When I relax into the warmth… Continue reading

  • Lovely

    Good morning, sun. And river. Flowers and trees. Happy day to you, wind, and the bird song you sweep over mountains. (Good morning, birds, and mountains, too.) I will let you be, this day of life. I will let you… Continue reading

  • Dear Sweet Music

    The heavens sing like golden strings around my soul. Here I am, sweet song. Take this heart with your melody, dear. It is yours to open, it is yours to sing to life beyond the ordinary day. Take it. Take… Continue reading

  • Found

    There is no feeling quite like the delicious wholeness of a lost girl found once more. There is no feeling quite like this. Continue reading

  • Will You Love Me?

    If I hold your hand still, if I paint your world bright, if I sing you my songs will you love, will you love me? If I answer your needs with a need of my own, If I paint your… Continue reading

  • Burn

    You will not singe me, more. You will not burn me, never another day. And I know this is me: a child who clings to life within the depths of an ancient fire. And I know this is me: still… Continue reading

  • The Deep Breath

    The eucalypts are alive, here. For whatever reason, this part of the world seems to be windy more often than not, and I’m so very pleased about that. Life seems to flow more with the wind. I wonder, sometimes, if… Continue reading

  • If I Must

    This train. It is a train that fights abuse by abusing abusers, and I do not understand it, my heart. It does not understand. They tell me I must fight, I must fight, I must fight. But I will not… Continue reading