poetry
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Fear, Welcome
Fears, welcome you are safe here I understand you I even thank you for doing your very best to protect I will be here to listen to you Just listen It’s ok to be afraid it doesn’t mean you can’t It just means You’re human Continue reading
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Little Shell
I want to acknowledge that those who belong in the Little Shell nation call themselves Annishinabe or TodayA Little Shell manTold meHe listens to the landThe animalsThe skyThe windThe watersTo speak to himAn eagle flies byAnd he listensWhat story is she tellingWhat message is she sending himThisAwakens a part of meThat felt asleepSuddenlyMy world is Continue reading
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A Bridge
Make me a bridge one who can connect to the humanness in anyone One who sees the vulnerability even in those who claim power One who hopes and cultivates understanding and love for those and these that people hate and misunderstand I’ve done this for nature creating a bridge for those afraid of the creatures Continue reading
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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
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 