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 […]
Corrected
Lavender, heat, plaid slippersBut real self-care is the water I forget to drinkMore caffeine than food for a spellBut this too can be correctedMany things […]
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 […]
To Tomorrows
Like a screen that won’t loadThat gets stuck in a loopI forget to eat, to stand upTo breatheNothing a little lipstick won’t cureA little water […]
A Picture
I see him in blackand white. Love weighs just a pound.Watch it grow, grow, grow. With Love, Natalie
On Your Wedding Day
I can listen to our old songsI can close my eyes and be twenty-three againEvery touch and untouchA fresh wound in my memoryI know all […]
Stories Again
Like a kid staying up to read until midnightLike a thirty-year-old who has to work the next dayThe mixture, combustible And worth every pageAs my […]