if only i’d known dancing was a choice i’d have shaken my shimmie waltzing myself out more doors than you could count i would have salsa-ed and fox trotted till my toes bleed instead i’ve held up wallpaper and maintained cushions i’ve twirled on office chairs and scooted my way down corridors to tones made up…
Tag: Post-a-Day
ernest
he stood 5 feet four inches burst pimples scarred his face from cheek to cheek the breadth of him vast no less than 50 extra pounds settled into places no child should carry weight he did not speak no superheroes or high scoring athletes held court within him his mind a perceived blank guarded constantly…
women hunt, men gather?
at what point did a Random Man outweigh a Good Woman women selling themselves so short they are willing to accept crumbs while claiming to be worth diamonds work a full time job manage a household singlehandedly with only a spot here and there raise a wo/man these credentials sudden liabilities women…
embracing the curves
when i was eleven years old my mother had to measure me for a dress. i don’t remember what the dress was for, though i’m sure it had something to do with church, but i do remember her gaping at the numbers. 36. 24. 36. she looked me and said, ‘wanda you’re a brick house.’…
teenagers…i think i learn more than i teach
i work with a young woman who has quite literally been chasing the ‘love of her life’ for months. it’s heartbreaking watching her leap over fences and crawl through valleys for stolen moments and misguided intentions. the object of her affection has been illusive and flighty. in some cases stringing her alone while in others…
In His Stride
He is confidant Assured He knows his Place in this World Center no question I want … And it is Watching him walk Away pulls at my heart I know that one day This confidence will lead Him to worlds Previously unknown I stand in awe Fascinated and envious How can I be afraid in…
Trust to Faith as Rain to the Rainbow
As much as we want to make trust about what has been done to for about and by us…as much as we would like to redirect the responsibility onto others and wait in shadows for them to prove our theories of the world as safe versus the world as not safe…I contend that trust and…
I’ve always been more comfortable with revolutions than revelations
There are places here Hard places Tough spaces that Hold you down Make it hard to fly And will sink you Quick If you try to swim Hard places Rough spaces That pull at an Artist heart Slight hands Surprise Touch me’ here Warm me’ there Evening out these Rough places Melting down These hard…
I use to play bass clarinet
I use to play the bass clarinet It didn’t matter that I was the only chair Because I was first chair And I carried the tempo for An entire band That bass was bigger than me’ And when I blew into it It took all my breath from the Very center of me’ to make…
where romance meets commitment
i have a tendency to treat my jobs like lovers in the beginning i am so mad about them so committed i leave favored books on the coffee table and call just to see how everything is going i miss them when i am away and make sure that they have all my emergency numbers…
fearfree living 