The Man Who Stole My Words—Part II

I placed my hand
upon his heart
and felt
each word
slip back through
my touch.

The Man Who Stole My Words— Part I.

He asked me to speak—

I opened my mouth,
and from his heart

each of my words
dropped.

Let’s Swing :)

Some days you just need  a good swing and
dirty feet—

Real Heart

“Any fool can be happy.
It takes a man with real heart to make beauty
out of the stuff that makes us weep.”

― Clive Barker, Days of Magic, Nights of War 

Breezy

Understanding who she is
is to want to see her again.
The smallest details of our time
are the thoughts that haunt my day.

Gonna put the the world away for a minute…

…Pretend I don’t live in it
Sunshine gonna wash my blues away

Sunrise there’s a fire in the sky
Never been so happy
Never felt so high
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise.

The Girl Who Couldn’t See Skin

She loved him—no one knew why. “He is not of her equal; not of her kind.”

But what no one knew was this: She was partially blind—
She was the girl who couldn’t see skin.

A Simple Lesson with Mia

I took my three year old niece to see the new Disney film ‘Planes’ this afternoon. A simple dialogue between us,  left me happy  as I realized, “The break is the courage coming to life. It’s not the end. In fact…it’s only the beginning.” I sat in the theatre  mesmerized. I wasn’t broken— I was brought to the edge of the cliff, where I am offered,  new wings. I don’t have to do it on my own.  I don’t have to be strong. I just have to be willing to accept the wings,  and fly…

I Wasn’t Born to Stand on the Sidewalk

“It’s like I get into a roller coaster, and sit there while it goes up and down and upside down and sometimes I get thrown out and I hit my head, but I crawl back in again and the moment I’m back in,

Pretty Little Liar

I was never sad. I lied.
After all, you gave me
all your pride.

The pity party, that you threw
made me fall
in love
with you.

And when you broke my heart,
I realized
the tables must
be turned—