She looks into the subway car like a criminal looks into their jail cell with contempt, with bitterness, with acceptance. It’s 1AM, car a quarter full, faint summer air conditioning filling the air along with her grievances. She resigns, lays back in her seat after picking some lint out of her hair sheContinue reading “Subway Woman”
Tag Archives: peace
Love is Now
I do not have to save the world. I do not have to solve every problem. I do not have to be perfect. I only have to be here, now. The only way I disrupt the now is by focusing on the pain of the past or the uncertainty of the future. Continue reading “Love is Now”
at the ocean
my intention, my desire, my secret wish is to simplify life. many men have tried It; we heard about it. It didn’t work. many women have tried It; we didn’t hear about it. (proof enough) It didn’t work. we searched for It in churches and mosques, temples and tall, grayContinue reading “at the ocean”
Flowers
These flowers are growing again in my head and like a vine they neither swoop nor swing– they cling to each side of my brain, try to determine what type of learner I am but either way, thoughts can’t be pushed out of the way so I’ll plan out another day to pluck and prune.Continue reading “Flowers”
Something Worth Fighting For
Do you have something worth fighting for? Under the depths of a powerful river do you think, “I wish I could tell you, ‘I love you,’” then yes– you have someone worth fighting for. In the next snowpocalypse do you go drifting off to your bed at noon, arms full of magazines, gin on ice andContinue reading “Something Worth Fighting For”
Anxiety
When you open up about it I’m not promising it will be easy. . When the air becomes thick like white cream cheese and you can’t simply scrape off the edges with a knife you wonder who else is feeling this way? . I thought my mother did; but she said, “What I’m feeling isContinue reading “Anxiety”
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”
Now
The subtle dream of reality is nothing but a dream– in words, in thoughts, in praises and deeds– but when all is quiet, all the music turned off, there is still a gentle hum, the remains of reality drifting peacefully in, “Now.” October 30, 2015
Be Still
It’s been a while since the clock struck twelve and all the world was quiet– all the past forgiven, no sirens a-screamin, just belief in the silence, in the tears. The sky has cried and so have I to release all this strange human guilt, for puddles aside, we can read all the lies: theContinue reading “Be Still”
being American when you could be Vegan
They have us running on treadmills (buying treadmills) so we can keep eating hamburgers (using land, killing animals, destroying the world). Today I finally got the chance to watch the documentary, Cowspiracy, on Netflix. Did you know that THE main cause of environmental destruction is animal agriculture? https://veganjusticeleague.wordpress.com/why-vegan/environment/ October 3, 2015
Reaching Joy 