Wheel

Back in action today,
thriving in the
Outside world to face
new challenges,

Ready to learn
new lessons as I tackle
Work obligations
with my outside interests,

Turning the wheel.


10/10/2019

New Stage (a Haiku)

An end to the month
brings the promise of movement
along my life path.

09/30/2019

Voice

If only
I could share

My next piece
of good news

With you, all
the waiting

Finally
concluding,

So I can
start the next

Chapter of
my story.

If only
I could tell

You, calling
one more time,

So I can
hear your voice.

09/29/2019

Creativity

Waking to a good book
and caffiene

Is the ideal morning
for me,

Followed by creating
with yarn and words,

My work life
mingling with

Creativity, setting the
pace in my journey.

09/18/2019

Yarn Crafting

Yarn finds a way
to weave its tale

Back to life, threading
into familiar repetition,

My hands drawing
upon a power

Steadily rising with
each loop and chain.

09/13/2019

Close Thoughts (a Cinquain)

Wishing
the very best
to friends close and
distant as I complete my new
journal.

09/10/2019

Names (a Cinquain)

The name
printed on my
license symbolizes
more than marriage, but a joining
of lives.


09/06/2019

Time Loop

Time flies by while
I sit at the window,

Replaying old encounters
in my head.

The regular world
continues to turn as

Old friends' disappointments
with missed meetups

Pick at my brain
in that monotonous

'Youshouldhavedone' tune,
in one endless loop.

People move on to
live, love and share,

While I am stuck,
immobile from regret.



09/03/2019 

Strength

I accomplished so much

these past few months,

Yet every now and then,

the challenges emerge.

I need to make sure

that I'm strong enough 

To ask for help when needed,

and believe in my strength.

08/15/2019

Healing

Although I am
now traveling

To peaceful locations,
I still suffer from

Treatment received
from past settings.

Time will teach me
heal at my own pace.

07/23/2019

Worth It

The drive took
over an hour,

yet we made it
in time to see you.

Although our time
was short,

It was worth seeing you
smile when your
coffee arrived;

It was worth seeing
you listen to stories
with interest.

My time away from you,
from my loved ones,

Draws to a close in
a matter of days.

07/12/2019

Tensions

Sometimes you know
when the moment is right
to walk away.

So much tension rises...
building, building,
until you can no longer breathe.

After three years,
it's time to be with those
that truly matter.

07/08/2019

Pictures

I look at the pictures
of us when I was young,

Your smile so wide
as I sit next to you;

Photos of me tossing
balls in the basket

You fastened to the gate,
so we can pass the time

during hot summer days.

The years are filled with us
sharing, laughing,

Your grandchildren standing
proudly with you

At different stages of
our lives, these moments

stretching on forever.

We know your thread
will not last forever,

Yet we do all we can
to preserve it.

07/07/2019

Truce

Her words came through
out of the blue,

Short and bitter,
as if I was the one

That owed her a reason
for the absence.

I would have cared
in a previous life,

Yet I no longer saved
space in my soul for her.

Gone were the excuses
I made when she refused

My company month after month,
our friendship filled with false words.

Gone were the reasons made
when she chose other's time

Instead of mine. I made peace
knowing that our friendship

Will always be this way, and now
I move forward,

While she pretends that I
need to offer a truce.

Walking away is what
we need for our growth.

07/06/2019

Planning (a Haiku)

Gathering my thoughts
as I plan my next projects.
New steps lie ahead.


06/12/2019

New Journey

Clouds of stress

hover over my life

Day after day, 

dominating every mode 

Of thought. Days ago,

I realized that it does not

Benefit me in feeling

frustrated day after day.

Sometimes, life points you

in a direction that shows 

You when it's time 

to venture on to a

New journey.

06/12/2019

Doubt

There is always
so much to think about,

Yet this time, I must do
what needs to get done

In order to better
my well-being.

Doubt is the
constant tension

Nagging, pushing at the
back of my head.

When will the fear subside,
so that I may live?

07/09/19

Filling Station

Today

while hanging out

in Flemington, I ran

into a former worker with

her son.

05/31/2019

Crossing Bridges

As the days grow warmer,
I think back on happier times

With my active
poetry community.

Laughter, tears, bonding:
a sisterhood, a tribe.

Over time, change shifted
the landscape of our group.

Misunderstandings beginning
the rift.

Emotions pushing that divide
even further.

I wish things were like
they once were.

For now, I have memories
of times shared, celebrated.


05/24/2019

Struggling

It creeps in once again,

that feeling of doubt,

No matter how much you write

or create,

Nothing I do will ever be

satisfactory. 

I struggle to push it down,

move on with my daily life,

Yet thoughts continue

to leak in and impede

My progress in writing,

creating, living.

05/24/2019