poetry
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Body
I listen to my body its fears that I will abandon it forgetting that this mind and soul live inside flesh As my body works giving me breath heart food I live unaware ungrateful In the moments when I pause I listen my body listens too mind and soul and body attuned there is a… Continue reading
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Onondaga Lake
I recently read an incredible book, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. In one of the chapters, she writes about Onondaga Lake. I cried and had to write some kind of apology for how we, humans, have hurt native peoples and mother nature. Forgive us for caring more about progress than your preservation For taking… Continue reading
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Ode to Montana
Montana you gave me the chance to be brave Roads of snow and ice to drive on Boats of children to keep safe Hard conversations Failings and Misunderstandings Conflicting stories Disappointments Driving hours down mountains Facing cold like never before Facing loneliness like never before Choosing again and again to try and live Continue reading
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Stay in this Wilderness
Out in this wilderness I feel I must escape Run through the trees and find “the path” but You do not ask that of me You are in no hurry You point out the needles of the pines that catch the sun and feed the tree You stop along the stream and bid me watch… Continue reading
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Humanity Should not Look Like Me
Humanity should not look only like me The faces of humanity should be so varying it is stunning in its colors like a flock of tropical birds I want to look at humanity and see laugh lines outrageous clothes stubble browns and tans wrinkles eyes of chocolate eyes of oceans I want to see worship… Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 