Category: self-knowledge

• Wet Market

  I remember it well,Trailing behind youSuffocating inThe heat and stench,As slopping waterMingled with the bloodOf freshly gutted fishSplashed against myFlip-flops andOnto my feet and ankles I hated it,Like a fish out of water,I languished in the recessesWhile you bargained like a magpieWith the feisty womenAnd crusty old menBehind the standsOf fresh meat and vegetables You […]

  meowmeowproject

  January 23, 2022

  self-knowledge

• Regret

  “Do you regret marrying Dad”I ventureWondering if she knowsWhy I ask “No, I don’t regret it” There is a pregnant pauseA naked silence “Why not?”I ask, undeterred “I don’t believe in the word regret” she offers Meanwhile,My brain is busy decodingwhat she’s saying “It doesn’t matter what you believe, but the wordexists mom”I mutter in […]

  meowmeowproject

  January 14, 2022

  acceptance, communication, dementia, Family, Family dynamics, Grief, Healing, Home, Imagination, life, Love, Marriage, memories, mindfulness, mother and child relationship, self-knowledge

• 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

  meowmeowproject

  January 2, 2022

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