poetry
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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
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I can be Both
So strong at times so full of peace a hope rises up inside of me Then crashing down I feel the weight I can’t lift up my arms they shake So weak at times so full of doubt afraid of waves the hope it caves These both describe me not one or the other I’m Continue reading
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Broken Halves
Two confused people who can’t love themselves cannot love one another to health No matter how much they pour out It won’t be enough to heal what they feel Their only choice is to walk away and find the love towards themselves Then they can receive that love from another 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 