I wish I had a Mary Poppin’s purse…
the kind that fits all sorts of things,
anything you need and
it would have it.
It would be there
when you needed it.
For instance,
if the room was too dark
if I couldn’t see
if I couldn’t find my way
I’d have that purse.
I’d reach insid...
That Father Time
No dad of mine
He came to see
The work I'd done
With riddled rhyme
And rigid thoughts
In a fragrant, smooooooth
Pleasant lyric.
But
I said to time,
“You have no place
To hold me to
Your pointless race
On abstract tracks
Devoid of space
No depth but what
I give...
You tell me
Speak more simply
Let the words land clear and
graceless
On the page.
You tell me
Write directly
Give you logic and let Beauty
f
a
l
l
To second place.
You tell me
Think more clearly
Don't get caught up in the
feeeeeeeeeeeel
But in the flow.
But how I could find...
The first book I ever read was Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss. I was four years old, waiting in the lobby of the doctor’s office. Having finally exhausted my enthusiasm over colored blocks and Lego’s, I picked up the book and sat in my mother’s lap. She walked me through every word of every ...
When I came here, I thought everything would fall into place. I’d be magically transformed into that girl I want to be—the one who knows herself, who soars unhindered, who finds the kind of love that means everything, that changes everything. But nothing’s changed.
If anything, I feel more ...
I was raised to love my mother's cooking
I savored every bite.
I surrendered to the smell of it
I marveled at the sight.
For years I ate my mother's cooking
I found myself content.
For years I read her recipes
I asked not what they meant.
Then one day I went out to eat
Yes, I ...
Morals, morals, on what do you stand?
On an omniscient God with the world in His hand?
Or are you just rules that a human ordained
Said over and over ‘til you had mankind trained?
And how were you chosen? What made you stay?
How do you live when your creators decay?
Ah, but you’re never th...
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