If we cannot make space for those whose lives look different from ours. If we cannot support the artists who bleed daily their emotions and know not how to survive but by producing the products of their soul. If we force the ones we love to fit into cookie cutter molds. But it won’t sustain … Continue reading Let Them Live
Tag: poetry
Artist’s View
Where you saw boringI saw calmwhere you saw mundane I saw lifeblossoming around me colors of different shadesenergy spirals dancing around the room the life you lead day to dayis a beautiful array of color,dark and lightof pain and hopeups and downs separateness and coming together I can see the danceI can see the colorful … Continue reading Artist’s View
Mama’s Song
Sick to my stomachCuz I miss something I never knew existed Most my lifeIt's twistedWait for the dayTo be greeted Overcome the voices DefeatedThinking it will never happen The thing I want the mostCan't even fathom One day she arrivesA blessing wrappedIn cotton She's a miracle of lifeI’m tired but I keep marching onKeep marchingNow … Continue reading Mama’s Song
Would You Rather Be
Would you rather be happy or famous Flawed or blameless?You think fame will give you a nameRaise your statusErase your shameBut only you can do that To thine own self be true Don’t be chasing after visionsJust simply be you Fame doesn’t erase your painIt adds more to your already full plate Stresses you out, … Continue reading Would You Rather Be
Taught My Kid to Rap
Taught my kid to wrap Her brain Around the insaneTo inject herself Into what remains From desolation and pain Told her life’s anything but plain To see the sun within the rainFrom black and white to seek the grayBetter still, a rainbow shines her wayTo see the magic in the everyday Turn work into play … Continue reading Taught My Kid to Rap
Preach! The Peachiness of Parenthood
Doing all the hard work Day in and day out Feeding them, bathing them, Giving them structure Getting them to bed Waking them up Chauffeuring them around Being a listening ear when they need one If there is no magic in the mundane Then what do we make of all this? I’m starting to see … Continue reading Preach! The Peachiness of Parenthood
Holding Each Other
Holding each other in our armsThe world feels safeOur hearts glowIn the warmth Of love, of hopeApart the universe is chaotic Together we can take on anythingHolding each other in our armsAnd then—Back to bedUntil—The shrill tones of the alarmIt’s time for school
Defiantly Undefined
Sense of selfCents of selfAccomplishments achieved Realities deceivedPunches in the gutFallen and I can’t get upNo longer measuring up Forced to redefine myself
Squirrels Scurry, Humans Hurry
Squirrels scurryHumans in a hurryWhere are we goingThe circle of life
Showing UP Even When Life Gets You DOWN
Working hard cuz she has no choiceHer daughter stares into her face I need you mommy, you are my rock The sleepless night she plumb forgot The hellish year she never knew The years of tireless effort too And so it comes another day Of putting in one’s best Since there’s no other way
Mindful Nuggets 