Little cures and back to basicsRed lipstick, staring at an orange sun settingThrough freshly clean windowsCribbage, beer, a giant cat on my lapLighten up, it’s […]
Two Weeks
I keep my camera onI haven’t choked completely yetBut when the calls endSo do II am deep breaths right nowDiving under the wavesTo swim forwardBut […]
Sunday Escapes
Talking with strangers who believe the same thingsWe don’t bring our tragedies to the woodsWe bring our light and hike the trail in good company […]
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 […]