Amidst the panic/ the anxiety choked hearts...
Experience
What I experience and stumble across, planned events or unplanned circumstances.
Quarantine Questions
What will he say when he remembers this time?
Let’s talk mental health
But 15 months ago I was in crisis.
Devastation
What a difference a year makes. I can only watch from afar, the devastation greater than I can fathom. Using numbers doesn’t help me understand the magnitude when it’s ten and one hundred times bigger than my closest reference. And even that I cannot comprehend.
Skipping Stones
Smooth and round the disc fits in my palm, the perfect spot to rub my thumb over. It soothes my tactile self.
disarm
I watched her disarm a bomb.
Angry words spoken,
punctuated pointedly
with fingers in personal space.
Practice
Start. Fail. Restart, get a little further. Fail.
Mistaker
“I’m a mistaker,” he says, stopping me cold in my steps, all my attention on that small sentence.
thoughts on ideas, erosion and fluid dynamics
Our dreams flow
as we pour out our hearts,
but it doesn’t go as expected.
The dynamics work against us,
trying to erode our paths,
no matter how we shore
and build up our banks.
I breathe…
I breathe I breathe. In and out, long, extended inhales, purpose-filled exhales, meant to centre and restore focus in the chaos. I breathe. The rhythm matches the music in my ears. My lungs using muscle memory and auditory stimulation to allow my focus to explore my present work. I gasp, forgetting to breathe amidst the … Continue reading I breathe…
the racing of thoughts
The buzz of race cars
drones on and off,
a swarm of wasps
taking over my neighbourhood...
where are you?
Where are you,
patriots of old?
Where are your history books
whitewashed with
words of compassion,
apologies for past behaviours
that you now repeat?...
poisonous perspective
I have seen your heart.
Spoken in words and images,
callous memes meant
to support your
selfish attitude,
regardless of the truth.
(cess)pool
Tell me about your pool,
where do you swim?
joy
I've got joy
down in my heart.
Where?
Beneath the rocks and stones,
the thorns
and dry bones.