Isn’t connection just that- Confidences both in quiet and in revelry, we thrive in solitude and in togetherness and in joyful shared interests.
Author: Saving As Draft
a pirate’s treasure
Outwardly unperturbed, I slid my hand in immediately to see what they were. Trust him? I did not. It was a flower petal. I asked him loudly over the cacophony of kids’ voices what I’m supposed to do with it. My 5 year old pulled back the pirates patch on his head and said it was his treasure and we were to take it home.
away
But sometimes, breaths later, it really is a boomerang, One step forward. Three steps back.
“I put millions of miles | Under my heels | And still too close to you
I feel”
aging
I call it texture. I call it age, a sign I have lived awhile Taken moist breaths.
blossom
I was named after blossoms. And there’s something about this white calla lily that can stand up tall that makes me want to bloom too.
a time + a place
what if this is neither my time, nor my place.
Then I need to be somewhere else, right now.
Then I need to come back here, another time.
self image
Twisted, sharp and defensive. Three words, that one might use for me. Strange because I never really thought I looked like … More
statistics
I lost. I’m hostage. It’s over. Is it over? Should I try to fly away?
up down
Getting up is always easier than coming down. I’ve always been scared of heights but I scaled it anyway. And … More
Home
in 2015, after a terrible incident with our neighbors and basically being bullied, we, on a whim decided to sell … More
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