Down one peninsula and up anotherGoodbye to one Great LakeHello to my favoriteThrough CrivitzThough autumn colorsThrough easy highway drivesThe world is beautiful and wideBut my […]
Something New
It’s a little better than you thinkOr maybe a whole lot worseWhen you stand on the brinkYou step away or fall or climbAnd I’m desperate […]
Shocking the System
Flipping through mapsWondering what pathWill shock my systemAlive again How you spend your daysIs how you spend your lifeAnd I’ve had enough days like this […]
Again
Groundhog DayLooking for the lessonThe lake rituals failedMy hands are just wet and coldNot blessedI text in a grocery storeI understandAnd I understandBut I’ve said […]
What I Can Offer Tonight
I drafted four poems Threw them out, my heart is closed Give me some more time With Love, Natalie P.s. from my morning walk, autumn […]
Time Bomb
I’m a ticking time bombThat went off too earlySo they keep reassembling meTick, tick, tick, boom, again, repeatThis is insanity Escaping to stairwellsSeeing fantasy in […]
Is this self-care?
Have you ever eaten chicken in the bathtubExaggerated self-careTo negate a pounding heart? Did it work for you?Or did you rise up, warm and wet […]
Ritual
I dip my hands in the bayWalking in circles without faithSo I make my own ritualWhatever god rules this sunsetRead my heartAnd the bargains it […]
Waiting
I would accept it by pigeonOr by crow, by train, by mailI would welcome the invitation lateAttached to the back of a snail I would […]
Autumn Sunset
Fall colors begin Sunsets on the autumn bay Here, my heart can rest With Love,Natalie