Category: mindfulness

• Stories

  We live in storiesThe onesWe inhabitIn our heads The ones that weTell to eachOther To give understanding And hope To remind ourselvesThere’s somethingThat connectsUs all That binds usTo the fabric ofLife A purposeThat transcends Our smallHappiness And deep sadness We live in stories Because we can

  January 2, 2022

  acceptance, christianity, communication, Family dynamics, Home, inconvenient truths, Love, memories, mindfulness, Psychology, Relationship, self-knowledge, speaking up, story-telling

• When Time Runs Still

  When time runs stillTomorrowWith hours to kill and moreto follow Where will you be? The night is longAnd the days blendThe season’s goneWith the new trend Where are you now? The wedding bellsAre ringingAnd down the aisleThe Bride is walking But you’re not there Heaven’s singingAll of your songs I’m dreamingOf days long gone Remembering […]

  December 29, 2021

  Grief, Healing, memories, mindfulness, Quiet, Relationship, self-knowledge, soul, Time

• Mangoes

  Ripe with aMalfeasanceThat threatensTo engulf meWhole Round, fulland yellowWith that lingeringScentAn inviting sweetnessTo biteInto juicy flesh You’d buy them for meAnd I’d reject them Only to takethem homeReluctantly,If only to stopYou from eatingThemand hurtingYourself Your colonCan’t take itThe two operationsThe growing cancerpushing intoYour peritoneum When you eat mangoesyour intestines get blockedAnd your pain escalates The […]

  December 26, 2021

  acceptance, anger, cancer, communication, dementia, Family, Family dynamics, Healing, Home, life, memories, mindfulness, mother and child relationship, Psychology, Relationship, self-knowledge