Let Others

let others say yours was a life well lived,
that you left something beautiful behind.

let the hearts of friends be broken wide open,
shedding good healing light because they knew you.

let others remember to drench loved ones in adoration & appreciation
like it's their last 10 seconds on this earth.

let others say yours was a life well lived,
that you left something beautiful behind.

I'm

I'm the dork on the bus grinning.
I'm the one trying to catch your eye so I can smile and say hi.
I'm the mother studying your face, wondering where you're from.
I'm the wife of a foreign born man who wants to know the ins and outs of your story as if it were mine.
I'm the stranger who thinks funny thoughts and laughs out loud.
I'm the writer who scribbles herself into existence.
I'm the woman you've never seen.
I'm the woman you see.
I'm the woman seeing you see me.
I'm the woman who looks up and wonders why I always find eyes on me.
I'm the woman wondering is it beauty you see?
I'm the one wondering what the hell people think when they see me.

3:33

i'm up at 3:33 almost every night
ever wonder why you are too?
internal systems check
or universal alarm clock
or maybe a little of both

the phenomenon switched on
and went viral
so I'm seeing 111, 222, 333 and so in
every damn where
receipts, digital recorders, newspaper articles, books
stockmarket crash, pocket change, license plates, 111th congress

all right, i get it, message received
"it's time to wake up"
you got my attention universe
i'm up
now what?

God is

always here
like my skin
always near
like my breath
in everything
& every in between
among, throughout & beyond

Body

A new season
learning my body's needs
loving my body as it is
touching my body when I feel like it
unashamed of its appetites

Earth

I am earth that shivers in moonlight
drawn to deep waters
brimming with promises
of life
of birth
of hidden peace

Forgive

What wounds in the dark
is forgiven gently
in the fresh light
of a newborn day

Speak a soft word to me
gentle it into my soul
until there is no anger
no hurt
no want