Pain

  • Hiding

    There must have been a fire like this before. The last fire… she couldn’t remember it, couldn’t remember a burn on each and every side before. Then again she had a habit of forgetting the fire like all the other… 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

  • You Matter To Me

    Reaching out my hand to you forgetting what you’ve done, there’s never any reason, dear for you to turn and run.   Some days you may feel black and blue, some loves will break your heart, but every day will… Continue reading

  • Pain

    Beautiful girl. This is not pain. This is the most beautiful cloud, lined with the silver of your darling sweet heart. Continue reading

  • What It’s Like To Feel The Wind

    I had a big cry yesterday and it was all the lovely things. It felt like the rain releasing the pain of the sky— except it wasn’t the sky’s pain that was calling. It was mine. What a gift they… Continue reading

  • Facing the Truth

    I stopped and I said to myself: I am in pain. I did not try to hide it. Or justify its reasons. I did not try to pretend the hurting wasn’t there, or as true as it truly was to… Continue reading

  • Everything Will Be Okay

      Everything will be okay.     Everything will be okay.     Everything will be okay.   Photo 1 credit: Photo by Snapwire on Pexels.com   Photo 2 credit: Photo by Troy Guo on Pexels.com   Photo 3 credit:… Continue reading

  • Aching Memories

    Catch your aching memories and hang them in a tree. There they shall be beautiful, for all the world to see. Continue reading

  • Then Is Gone. This Is Now.

    Her words lumped in my gut like a blob of warm resentment. I was late. By six-minutes. I would be charged a full half an hour extra— her colleague had been unable to go to lunch until my arrival. The… Continue reading

  • When A Butterfly Takes Flight

    It’s the broken heart of my life. When the soft girl found me, she brought me the most beautiful things. She helped me to feel the trees, and sing with them into the sun. She helped me to turn my… Continue reading