Showing posts with label Observations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Observations. Show all posts

November 15, 2020

Healing

To the healers. 
To the healers and the seers.
To the healers and the seers and the doers,

To my beloved empaths. 

We can’t heal unless we’re healing, too.
We can’t carry the weight of woe 
in our bone marrow, can’t hold the shape
of grief, of trauma, of fear, of shadows
in our hands without sifting through
the sands of our own castles and walls,
questioning why we built them thick
when no amount of matter will protect
us, close our eyes, numb us to the world.

To my beloved empaths,
To the healers and the seers and the doers,
To the healers and the seers. 

To the healers. 

We can’t heal unless we’re healing, too.
We’re seven different faces on a Tuesday,
appearing still but in constant, motion. 
It is not possible to ignore and to grow,
decoupling the two severs us into 
fractions that will never become whole. 
We are mosaics of stories, of our own 
of those around us, our ability to know
ourselves is forever intertwined with our
ability to read and comprehend others. 

We can’t heal unless we’re healing, too. 

To my healers, my beloved empaths. 

love is a four letter word,
dismantling, rebuilding, healing
our selves and ourselves
remains our lifetime.

September 9, 2020

Empath

find them, hold them close
the ones worth feeling for are
there waiting for you. 

September 22, 2019

War

if my body is a weapon
let it be nuclear

if my mind is a threat
let it be a promise

if I am 
to rain hellfire
let it also be followed 
by cool steady rain

June 9, 2019

Eternal Institutions

Old stories, old bones
illuminating our need
for signs, paths, comfort. 

January 2, 2019

Funhouse

Why do they tell us
his mirror reflection
will guide us true?

Only in a funhouse
should such myths
be allowed to exist.




December 28, 2018

An Education

Notes of warmth and lit reviews,
an undercurrent of locally sourced
community discussions and latte art,
a smattering of coffee and tea
leaves you wanting more.

November 26, 2018

To Be Clear

Dreams and nightmares 
have nothing more than 
a razor’s edge between them. 

Sight

if you look closely, 
there is a whole world beyond

your expectations

What Do You See?

the sun is setting behind the bay bridge right now, 
and the remaining sunlight is causing 
houses on the other side of the water to glitter, 
like flecks of gold in the horizon. 
contrasted with such muted 
grays and 
blues and 
purples. 

and that's how I feel right now. 
like there's this shimmering thing, 
out of my reach but in my line of sight, 
and I don't actually know what it is. 
but a piece of it is stuck behind my rib cage 
and everything feels intensified. 


the bridge is alive now, 
a thousand electronic fire flies 
with stories to share of fish on the move.

April 29, 2018

love inspires love inspires love inspires love inspires love

Love gently, quickly;
Tumble into strangers and 
you’ll find old friends.


This feeling is yours,
Conceived by words unspoken,
Wrapped in this grey gift.

This glass between us, 
let’s shatter it together. 
Clear walls beguile hearts.

January 27, 2018

Tell Your Friends and Family You Love Them

Your sky might not be
the same hue or mine or ours; 
They're still connected. 

The shade of my love, 
that color extends across
all universes.

And when the distance 
stretches beyond horizons, 
close your eyes, I'll be there.

December 18, 2017

The Women In the Room

We can breathe in air
- hydrogen and oxygen - 
and cast out magic. 

Remind me again,
the last time you inhaled and
created beauty. 

Frankly our presence
should be a reminder that 
we're remarkable. 

Declaration of Independence

To dance is to heal,
to reflect and remember 
that you are enough. 

November 16, 2017

Love: a Eulogy

Nature and nurture
are equally voracious 
lovers in the night.

October 31, 2017

Tuesday Mornings

Oh little one, you are not small and mighty. 
You are the cosmos folded neatly in on itself, 
a magic built on history, your present
a gift to the future. 

It takes courage to be strong, and strength to be vulnerable. 

Your eyes may track others... 
trailers of inspiration inspired by 
inspiration inspired by 
big eyes and ever expanding hearts. 

Your magic is, too, magnetic. 
It's the moon and 
a blue-black blanket and an exploding star. 

Our eyes track you for inspiration. 

October 4, 2017

Everyday Villains

When snow falls we say, 
"look how special, how unique."
We don't ask questions.

When branches step and 
lives become encased in ice, 
we simply move on. 

We tell ourselves that 
white hides are invisible
cloaks for terrorists. 

September 25, 2017

The Morning Star

Never doubt the strength
of softer ones around you. 
Gentle touches last. 

August 19, 2017

Paper Dolls and Paper Voices

We write poetry 
because the world bleeds, and we
put pen to solace. 

August 18, 2017

August 11, 2017