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The Big Sad
The truth isI can’t rememberThe last timeI wrote a poem,Wore lipstick,Baked a cakeJust for the fun of it,Marveled at the moon. I can’t rememberThe last timeI felt like a personand not a production,The last time I wasn’tExhausted by strength,Just getting through. I don’t know whenI stopped smiling,But I know my bodyMisses laughter. I have no…
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Morning Prayer III
God, I am tired.The days grow shorter and colder,But God, they are still so long,and so full.The hungry ghosts who liveIn the space between tasksNever stop wailing –They are never satisfied. God, let me be satisfied.Let me feel confidentThat I am enough,My efforts are enough,And Grace residesIn the space between breaths – May I rememberTo…
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Cactus
I asked my spouse To stop buying me flowers – “Buy me a houseplant instead, So I don’t have to watch them die.” So now my “Sorry you got assaulted” cactus Sits on the mantle Next to Uncle Frank and the “Congratulations on 6 months sober!” cactus And the one I picked up For her…
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DMs From the Divine
“There are no coincidences,”The Medicine Woman reminds me.“Only co-incidences.” Kind of like how God likes to slip into my DMswith a breathtaking sunrise,no better possible viewThan my bedroom window… anddare me to call it a coincidence thatI was just begging for a reasonto face another day. “Beloved, You are the reason.” My spirit guides gave…