I wish I could learn from the readingAll the study and the videos and googling the answerI wish I didn’t have to be there doingMaking […]
Proofing
I spent the evening Proofing a whole book for work So no words tonight With Love, Natalie
Eyes Open
Waking up too soonIn the hours when my eyes won’t stay openBut my mind won’t stay still The fatigue follows mePricks at the corners of […]
To my mama
To my mamaWho lets me cry at the kitchen tableAfter making me dinnerOn her birthday To my mamaTwenty-nine this yearShe knows what I mean To […]
The Best Medicine
Though the run is slow Five miles feel like freedom The best medicine With Love, Natalie
Almost There
It’s almost there Like a scratching at the door Like a beautiful sketch beneath the spilled paint Chip, chip away Keep opening the door Invite […]
A little more okay
A five-mile runAn hour-long bathA to-do list, mostly doneA bookA showA podcastA clean kitchenA load of laundryA sunny day It doesn’t take muchTo feel a […]
The Beauty of Snow
It’s miserable to be outside, but it’s beautiful tooMy bootprints to the mailbox and back againWet snow on top of snow, and snow, and snowIce […]
2/22
Two-twenty-two andI almost don’t think of youBut I do, and smile All these years gone andI run out of words for youBe happy, be true […]
Small Potatoes
Small potatoes to meYet someone else’s atom bombThere’s a breath in betweenWhere we can see what we needSometimes I am up half the nightAnd I […]