April 5th and April 6th
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
An Addict's Song
How long will we sleep
uncomfortable
in our own skin?
Wearing woolen mittens wet
because we lack alternatives.
Why do we wait
so long
to live?
wasting time trying too hard
pretending we’re someone else’s playdough
ignoring ourselves in the process.
At eleven I was my best
at my worst
but never knew it:
climbing roofs
watching stars
searching the sky for love.
But on cross-legged Sundays
I wore someone else’s clothes
Then came the High School Masquerade
and suddenly simplicity
had left my side.
When can we finally
wear our real selves again?
Or do we ever really?
Maybe the answer is only found
in walking alone for a while
in falling down and weeping
in feeling your way through the darkness
of narrow choices:
corridors without a candle.
And when you come to know your truth;
When you finally decide to
stop hitching rides and
find your own
true way out of there…
Someone will always
pull up alongside
to offer you a lift
like a jump start to the soul:
Connected to them
you find new courage
to sound your voice.
Then you never think of
all the perfect comebacks
after the insults
because you never walk away
because you never bother to listen
in the first place
So you finally stop whispering
your own name.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
December 2...Junior's day...He would have turned 21.
Jesus shined bright for me that day...He held me tight in his arms...
I want to be here, near my son when I go...
Jesus never shook hands, He always hugged...
The shadows of his mom and dad over his grave...
This is the exact spot where my son was taken from me...I miss you Junior.
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