Coordinates
I just want to do what He designed me to do and follow Him. But I don’t know what that is (or if I even get to have that) and He seems to hide from … Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Failure
This is why I don’t make goals. When I do – if I don’t do it exactly right, or it's incomplete, it means failure. It may not be that … Continue Reading
Beginnings
I once pushed myself to write a poem for every day of the year. Many were forced, obviously. Sometimes I had to write a few at once to make up for the days I wasn’t able to write. But I … Continue Reading
Stolen
I could only ever take gleanings from your reserve – clippings from the growth you threw away. You had it in excess and I was drowning. So I stole a piece of me from you. … Continue Reading
Monkeys*
The room seemed to be waiting too. Walls were painted, pictures of swinging monkeys were hung. Dresser, changing table and an empty crib – they waited. She stood in the doorway for what felt like hours, but it was probably … Continue Reading
Chased
The inflicted torment would ease, my restraints be released, if the shadows that stalk me would disappear – A clear purpose in place of fear as they blur in the cement and … Continue Reading
Mistakes
“I never make the same mistake twice.” – Anne Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery ‘I’ll never make the same mistake No, never, never, never’ – “The Wind,” Cat Stevens I wish I could say I never … Continue Reading