Category Archives: Freedom

Alone

Alone, I write. In my presence, One black cat, one white. The stacks of papers grow, As I slowly turn away. Shutting myself in, Yet another day. Self-sabotage, Often exists out of fear. Time slowly turns, Into one more year. … Continue reading

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I’ll Live it How I Choose

I’m here And it’s good. The same place, yet new. This place is my home. I’ll be moving soon, into a new phase. I have changed. My life rearranged It’s been reclaimed. It’s mine. Mine all mine. Copyright Suzanne Norton … Continue reading

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Say What You Need to Say…..Write What You Need to Write…..Dance How You Need to Dance

“I want to see you be brave ……” Brave ~ Sara Bareilles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4

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Basking

I am awash in the beauty of words. Flowing over me, flowing through me Washing over me Cleansing me. Can I stay here, in this place, forever? The definition of paradise. This place in my soul This place where I … Continue reading

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Who’s Responsible?

I don’t like it when it feels like someone is always needing me. I just want to be left alone.  Not responsible for another’s needs, or happiness. Now I understand that others may have felt this way about my behavior. … Continue reading

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Freedom, Glorious Freedom

I can live my life any way I choose.

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Crying with the Doors Wide Open (Revised)

I wouldn’t be concerned about someone hearing my joy. So let them hear my pain as well. Will the sounds worry them? a voice asks. Are you hoping someone will care? No.  I’m okay here by myself. Sprawled out on … Continue reading

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Today is Sunday, Beginning a New Chapter

I don’t have to look in the mirror I don’t have to answer the phone I don’t have to take out the trash Or worry about being alone. I don’t have to hold it all in I don’t have to … Continue reading

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Freedom

Today I walk in the world as a woman, Not as a child. Today I am free. Copyright 2015  Suzanne Norton

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Equanimity

Today I notice. There is no longing. There is no grasping. There is no clinging. There is no anger. There is no blame. “What is left?”, you may ask. What is left, is neutrality. What is left is relief. Copyright 2015 … Continue reading

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