Poet. Writer. Photographer.
Heart-sensors extra sensitive, picking up mixed signals of every human emotion, eyes brim with unidentified sadness but do not spill over, for tears that mix simultaneously with happiness get recalled to the cauldron to start over in the feelings-concoction, stirred not by hand but all that I am, have been through, have yet to see, … Continue reading Mystery to Me
https://youtu.be/QoEpipVAZUc This song came up on my playlist as I was beginning my yard work after my first day back to my classroom when this small wildflower caught my eye. When you are a poet-photographer-believer-passionate teacher, such a thing can become life changing, lol. I was so moved by the way the sinking sun was highlighting … Continue reading Colliding Light
I am unstoppable. Though I have fallen, though I have felt sealed in a tombed fate, I have risen, I have relentlessly followed that one ray of light. I have never lost faith. I have found my way, and the light of day blinds my eyes and its warmth soaks into my soul; I have … Continue reading Unstoppable
Just another bud on the brink of opening, nurtured by the light, raindrops still clinging, petals absorbing, gathering courage, blushed but bursting at seams to emerge, no longer able to stay cocooned, into full potential, yearning to bloom. Each day with you, another bud of me follows suit, springs eternally. Poem … Continue reading Another Bud
mourning dove the morning after I will shed the tears for you, dear lady I will grieve but we most both look to the sun it rises again and our lives go on even without the physical presence sometimes of lost ones we love the circle of life contains the dark and the light the … Continue reading Ravaged Nest
This photo popped up on my Facebook Memories this morning with some comments about my inspirational journey that made me teary. It is of my daughter looking like she is deep in thought. I had just uprooted her life with a sudden move from Ohio to Florida when I accepted my first teaching job at … Continue reading Southbound
Lost and wandering upon endless winding paths, not fretful, yet homeless, a nomad among camps, with True North obscure in a fading compass, pole star finally comes into focus. With God always beside me, never do I walk alone, but now I sense clearly the direction to go. My balance … Continue reading Wandering (With Audio)
A sure sign of emotional/psychological healing and growth is the change in your prayers. At the pivotal changing point in my life, God had very clearly answered a recent prayer I had delivered in tears on my knees in the locked bathroom at one my lowest points. Since then, my prayers have mostly been gratitude, … Continue reading A Change in Prayer
Sometimes you need to let go of both the past and present to make room for your future waiting so patiently to embrace you if your heart and arms were not so full of nonliving yesterdays and unfulfilling todays; though they may haunt and though they may sustain, it is only your future that can … Continue reading Drops of Time
So many silent, untold stories in yesterday’s leftover footprints, in this morning’s sunrise-silhouetted figures in the distance. I am a people watcher, always curious about human nature, collectively and within each individual character. When the stage lights are unlit and the microphone off, I wonder about each’s private feelings and thoughts. We are … Continue reading Footprints & Silhouettes
