“Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful, it’s ordinary and Munding and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That’s just living heartbreaking, so healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it’s breathtakingly…

Begins with a barefoot soul.  Speaks in clear words Like the best of cooks, who Takes an onion, pealed down carefully, gingerly in   each  layer, with care and love, to the heart. Taking time to understand the layers without judgment How it came to be, primavera.  The barefoot soul, the cherished one.

Is it Joy or pain that I’m feeling? As I sit down to pray And the tears are flowing even before I say I’m here. The chrysalis of nothingness Means brokenness dissolution, Will these tears Dissolve this ego? I pray and pray But that’s no guarantee of transformation The Crusaders The ones that fervently massacred…

I am made of tears and fears I am made from blood and bone I am made from Finnish stock And my grandmothers bread I am made of Irish laughter And my father’s brown whiskey I am made of determination and persisting throughout I am made of Janis and jimi And the Motown sound I…

I think that Light is looking for a dwelling place A physical body That will blatantly go around shining I imagine myself with windows and when they’re clean And when the curtains Aren’t closed They give out a blaze of brilliance And dark streets And sad hearts And twisted shadowy corners Will know they have…

Growing is good No matter how late Finding joy and hope understanding of self Those chains that have bound me Falling away Allowing understanding Bringing compassion To me My little girl That so didnt comprehend What came her way A lifetime Surfing Those waves Nearly taken Then The shifting sea Began to calm as Care…

You are just out of reach, Yet, I got to be there, To ramble and grab words out-of-your-mouth- To smooth back your hair  and  whisper Repetition– of protection, Not Knowing this proxy could not come close to what you gave in a lifetime– Yet I held her as she crumbled- Asking me over and over,…

Mind’s eye Storing the bounty Assigning places Filling up all the Spaces Whole heart is in the Serving Chambering the light Encouraging Finding opportunities For every need Giving help with loving Faithfulness Grace in a breath of Heaven Source is our power Appearing Joy and light Love is our right Able to carry Mighty strength…

These days’, poems arise. Before the poet does. Rumbling and growling like a hungry ghost. Calling to be fed. The mind is stabilized. Dream’s, reflect fruition. As, nightly flights glide with trusting currents. Abiding with confidence and compassion. Grief, from loss flows and unfolds. Echoing the dark flowers of sadness. Gently planted in the garden…

Booja truffles I melted my expensive chocolate tonight I didn’t mean to melt it, forgot how close to my heater it was I ate it anyway – gooey, sticky Booja Booja truffles Kinda too cold here at the moment Kinda not a lot of work either or I would be traipsing outside in the frozen…