Poems?
Sometimes I write poems. Sometimes I write bits of prose that feel a bit poem-ish. Sometimes I write things and I don't know if it's a poem or not. This is the page for all of these poem-not-poem-maybe-a-poem things.
Instructions For Remaining Human
"Open. Send out roots. Wait for the rain. Do not worry if it’s a dry day."
Permission Slip
"the difference between being alive and being something less"
Broken
"But we both knew it was a lie."
Confessions of an incompetent practitioner of mindfulness
"a flurry of ‘shoulds’ tapping at your temples like flies, buzzing through your calm."
Abundant
"the things our unbroken hearts would sing for."
"Stay a while till the world grows smaller"
"some ancient blueprint made of air particles, rain, sunlight and soil"
"to find some glowing thing, some ember, still burning red amidst the grey."
"Only those who know mystery can last the night and still love the sunrise in the morning."
"Crack in the clouds, piercing the grey"
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