Purpose
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#NaPoWriMo – breast effort
…. done is better than perfect.
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signs
signs are for the simple, he said.
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dive deeper
pleasure in food, even during strife, seems prescient
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lost in translation
repeated efforts, demands, to get accurate translation all in vain.
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chicken little?
I fear you’ll think that I’m not sane my brain in pain
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In Between
Once you leave In Between from “was” to “is” only memory can really take you back.
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nightmare
Frogs, fingers, “we only want you” this poem becomes a witch’s brew
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lifehill
“There’s no chairlift in sledding!” I shout to the lighthearted in skis. Envious? Likely.
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Prayer Chain – circa 1996
Long-forgotten vibrations emanate from my hip awakening latent longings for simpler times
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Butter Ball
What some folks will believe, huh?
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Identity Theft
The Self is not a gift that one can give to another Rather, it is a thief’s relic we must take for ourselves in order to someday be ourselves.
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The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t
December 26, 2018. Yesterday could have been a very different Christmas. 21 days ago, I tried to take my own life. I’m writing about it for several reasons. First, it has become exhausting trying to keep track of who “knows” and “doesn’t know” what happened, thus creating multiple opportunities for awkward questions and conversations. For…
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Blessings and Breakage – Thoughts on Christmas and 2017
Blessings and breakage live perilously close to one another. At times, blessings and breakage intertwine, to the point where you often can’t tell one from the other, if, in fact, they are not already one and the same.
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What am I DOING here?
I have long had a personal distate for the interview question, “Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?” and my wife will also tell you I have a general aversion to goal-setting as a rule. It’s not that I am afraid to set or commit to a goal, it’s just that so often where…
