Let go of the self-deprecating beliefs
that make you feel inadequate,
small or unworthy.
They do not speak the truth.
Why place people on a pedestal
when you’re unwilling
to place yourself on one, too?
We are all the same.
We are all learning
and growing
and we can do that together.
Tag: creative writing
Bleed.
rest your fingers upon the keys
hold the pen in your hand, tip pressed down to paper
Inhale
Exhale
un-focus your eyes and let the world become blurry
mute the clamoring voices inside your head
Inhale
Exhale
relax the muscles from neck down to toes
swallow insecurities, fears and doubts
Inhale
Exhale
and
Bleed.
or skin
Scan, survey,
poke and prod, stab and dig
the ground until you find
a glimmer of red
an apple of the ground.
Dead plants above
wilted and brown
bear bountiful fruit below
if one has the will to break
through the dirt
or skin.
One step
One step at a time
seems like good advice to follow
especially when the direction is not
specified.
Take one step at a time
forward, backward or sideways
as you need,
but only one at a time.
Please Try Again
It starts at the pelvis.
A pre-battle cry
heard so often, so often before.
My body instinctively crouches down
with rain clouds building behind my eyes,
a cold wind at their heels.
Painful numbness
settling in, setting up camp
to offer reassurance that it’s there,
still there.
Waking me up from sleep so deep,
jolting me back to Earth from a daydream,
twisting and turning my innards from behind,
singing a song
“Remember, remember,
dandelions, shooting stars and wishes
have failed you.
There is no one here with you,
you’ll have to try again.”
The message rings out loud and clear:
Please Try Again.
September
Where the dry, humid, sweat-provoking
heat once rested upon my skin,
a new, cool air rests instead,
dancing along the hairs extended
from their follicular homes.
The world feels different;
calm, soft,
gently braving us for the changes
waiting ahead.
Night lives longer
trees change color
the sun rests more.
The world shifts
as do I
to enter the warm, welcoming embrace
of September.
Rid the preconceptions
Come, rest your head a while
think not of things unnecessary.
Rather, think of nothing.
Clear your mind until it resembles
a bed with freshly cleaned sheets
untouched, unsat on,
unslept in,
waiting to envelop whoever arrives first.
Rid the preconceptions and
judgements residing now,
so that you may
await and absorb
the new, unexpected and changing
life you live
amongst your sheets.
Dawning Words 