Vinny chats me up as one can do in 8th grade (as boys can do in 8th grade), and says, “Girls look better with their hair down.” 10th grade: Allie tells me over pizza in a torn up, faux leather booth: “People think you’re really pretty.” “Take the bait,” they whisper. “We areContinue reading “My Body, My Choice”
Category Archives: wisdom
Doubt
I’ve been thinking. What’s new. But this was more of meta thought: a thought about thought (again, what’s new). What’s new is our apparent understanding of doubt is flawed. The one thing we know for sure is that we know nothing. Doubt operates under the assumption that we know something. If weContinue reading “Doubt”
The Human Condition
Alone in my head how did this happen again? Afraid of myself more than anyone else afraid of my mind’s tricks like the devil part of me runs, part of me nourishes. External realities versus internal dimensionality my vulnerability got me everything good and everything bad trust my mind– it is strong, then flies outContinue reading “The Human Condition”
The First Day
The day I sat and looked in the mirror I stared: I was looking at me. But it was not me that I saw. My pupils rounded, black trench coats preparing for summer rain my skin relaxed after the ebb and flow of the day I dared not move for there I swearContinue reading “The First Day”
Truth, Wisdom, Love
The weight of the Truth is the weight of a mountain– a single Earth. … The weight of Wisdom is the weight of a feather– a single tear. … It is bright tonight as I huddle tight next to a soft pillow and a softer light, shining the way Love greets lovers in the doorway…Continue reading “Truth, Wisdom, Love”
Frozen Lake
It has taken me a while to sit in a dark corner, rest in my chair and think about the scene on the lake: children following chilled ear-muffed parents, falling into black puddles my eyes sore from their grimaces and yet, all too soon, they come back up again. I was never too trustingContinue reading “Frozen Lake”
Reaching Joy 