Breaker of Hearts
You breaker of hearts An excision done To wound and tear What of the Hippocratic Oath? A piece of parchment Blowing askew in the wind Like your love for me A desert, solitary and sterile Gush of red...
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“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as...
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He’s lifting his knees high, marching, to get through the heaps of fresh snow. His mittened hand sweeps the frosting off the cubist pile of scrap wood, then he cradles a board and shuffles over to...
View ArticleEvolution of a Failed Marriage – in Song
“Magalenha” — Sergio Mendes (ga-ga love, monkey armed happy dance) “Fields of Gold” — Sting (wedding song) Will you stay with me, will you be my love Among the fields of barley We’ll forget the sun...
View ArticleBeing the best I can be – defining that, then going forward
photo by katagaci at sxc.hu I saw a commercial the other day. A woman of a certain age started to jog, then she was running in a race. Her family (I assume it was her family) gathered round her as she...
View ArticleConfessions of a mostly stay at home mom
I’m primarily a stay at home mom. And sometimes people pay me to work as a doula and as a freelance video producer and editor. When I have a project or a client or both, I trade time I normally spend...
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