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I used to think I was alone
here within myself
alone in my struggle to be
who
I thought
I ought
to be . . .
Shitty Shame
Shame is shit
From toddlerhood we are taught
to hold it, control it, to flush it into oblivion
Yet, try as we might
we are never free of it . . .
A Heart Story
My heart’s wound is an old old story /
It chatters in the background day and night . . .
EARTH (4 of 4, God in the Elements)
You made this earth in Your image, O God
Ground under our feet, solid and still
In the sacred garden, we rose up out of the soil,
dust children,
and we spend our lives never leaving it . . .
WATER (3 of 4, God in the Elements)
You, God of Life
are the God of Water
Without you we shrivel and die
You built into our design
the craving for you . . .
FIRE (2 of 4, God in the Elements)
We who sleep are awakened by your holy blaze
Glory and love infuse the earth with sweetness . . .
WIND (1 of 4, God in the Elements)
Feather on the Breath of God
tiny feather, downy white
tucked under the wing
of mother dove
close to her breast
near to her heart
warm and safe
hidden, obscured . . .
Elegy for the Good Little Girl
Let us remember and lay to rest
a creature so compliant
that she took the rules
and swallowed them whole
creating her own iron maiden
Finding the Glimmer
Posted on January 25, 2020 2 Comments
“How do I know what my issues are?”
Our teacher looked dumbfounded. My perfectly innocent question seemed to stump her. It was 2004, and my husband, Keith, and I were in training to be lay counselors and support group leaders in our church…
Beginnings, Part 2
Posted on January 1, 2020
I wrote that “For Celeste” poem in 2012 when I was in the middle of a health crisis that had set me on a path of desperately seeking a new way of living, a new way of understanding and treating myself, and deeper healing of the trauma and deprivation of my childhood. I had been […]
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