Yawn with heavy cheeks Zia told me I could write a haiku, then sleep With Love, Natalie
To Perspective
To curing dehydrationWith cherry sodaAnd dairy free ice creamSprinkled with chocolate chips To a hot bathWhen you need itLaptop playing Netflix propped upOn the closed […]
Witches
We walk through the woods and talk about magicA lot of witches need to do their taxes these daysAnd other truths that have me marvelingA […]
January 6th, 2021
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]