The Wheel of Fortune A reminder the wheel turns And this too shall pass With Love, Natalie
Stitches
My stitches are connectedA decade or two of sewn up woundsAnd they come undone like dominosOne quick cut and there they goI am no stranger […]
Little Love Stories
I read little love storiesSome messy and brutalSome quiet and routineEach with a soft endingFor me to hide inside I’ve long changed my understandingOf what […]
To Read
I read books, one, two, onto the thirdAn indulgence to sit and readThe windows openThe sun outAn old way to distract myselfThat feels like progress […]
Wildflowers
I take a picture Of each wildflower in bloom Walk and breathe again With Love,Natalie
Metaphors About Mountains
Broken poetryMetaphors about mountainsSummits that were closedPlummets to the valleyWhere everyone can see meTwisted on the groundPretty flowers on the ridgesBlooming on borrowed timeDays and […]
June 3rd
I counted down to todayNow it’s just a SaturdayWith a glass of wineAnd a mirror to pine my tears away I wonder if I’ll forget […]
Another Test
It won’t become a tombIt’s just a roomNo one has diedNot me, not him I move slowly through my homeMostly on my feetWhen I drop […]
Half Speed
Time slows to half speedWe watch its passingAfter walks and card games and showsWondering what it is we do all dayBack when our lives are […]
A week without caffeine
Let’s play, “this headache!” Is it from my sinuses? Or no Diet Coke? With Love,Natalie