Who do you donate to when there’s a coup?I planned to write about meditation todayThree years of it, every dayInstead, I find myself forcing silenceFor […]
Uncuttable
I see them like ink winding down my skinStories I have told or yet to tellOr yet to liveAnd how I will make them part […]
Journaling
I start with what I want— to feel, to accomplish, to be —Sort through all the expectationsTo weed out the ones that aren’t my own […]
Logging off for the holiday!
Red wine, make it pour Email off, calendar clear The holiday’s here! With Love,Natalie
Ashes
A sweater over my sundress, with tightsAll dolled up, sweeping the ashes from the fireplace(Like Cinderella, my brain supplies, I smile)Winter chic, with red lipstickNowhere […]
Contradicting Truths
My time is an oscillation betweenLists and lists that I check off diligentlyAnd dishes in the sink with clothes on the floorWeekly resetsWhere the cat […]
Let it go
What would you wish for tonightIf you saw a star shoot across the skySink down into the hot waterLet the wish breatheThen tug it backAdd […]
Candy Haiku
Fireball, hot cider Caramels, toffee, candy Love, Peace, Saturday With Love, Natalie
Our lives are not butterflies
Under two blankets, two catsI read a poem I needed todayThat read, “life promised to be a moving thing” I think about what it means […]
Thanksgiving 2020
The plates are twice the size of my facePurchased for Thanksgiving feastsTo hold second helpings with the firstYet I go back for more I roll […]