Category: Poetry
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Letter from Jackie
…It’s better than the most loving eulogy. And I am still around to enjoy it, and let it fill me with hope and delight. I absolutely love Jackie’s mind and heart and teachable posture. She is stubborn but clearly within her rights. Not an inch overbearing. She is reserved with most other people. Observant…
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Why am I so invested?
I do care about my daughter. Her heart. Her feelings.I encourage her to be true to herselfAnd kind to others I listen and I get excited about this new chapterAnd I see her with new eyes I realize I feel ready to let her goTo explore her heartBut I feel the tug to remain closeTo…
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Glean
Glean (April 1st) I’m an intelectual hoarderExperiences that are difficultare valuablePain is inconsequentialJoy is a treat My daughter is going through a first romantic interestwith the boy next doorHe is also learning, growing, experimentingShy but determined And she is introspectiveBut she doesn’t fit the moldWill he have the patience, the courage to take her on?…
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Adopția ca o rană în proces de vindecare
Subiectul adopției este atât de comun în casa noastră. Și când apare în compunerile fetelor pentru școală, și le întreb despre ce au vrut să spună ici colo, răspunsurile vin la pachet cu seninătate și umor și debit verbal. La început, după ce s-au așezat lucrurile acasă, am adus eu vorba de adopție. Nu a…
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Naive
When I met Brian, he asked me about my storyI was embarrassed because I had nothing interesting to sayNo drama. I thought I had watched too much TV as a kid. I thought of the church leader hosting Jesus for a mealAnd the woman who barged inand washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and wiped…
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Proverbs class week3
Let thy words be like an alpine stream – refreshing, clear, satisfying Not a cascade of volume and noise – murky, forceful, repelling I had a brief season of logorrhea — from the greek logos (word) + rhoia (flow)When my older brother told me I talk too much. First, out of stubbornness & to prove a point I…
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Introvert
Vorbitul in fațăIeșitul in evidențaActivitatea social mediaNu imi vin naturalNu ma incarc prin ele,Ci depun un efort sa activez Tocmai din dorința de a învingeFrica, rușinea, timiditateaAm iesit din zona de confortDes si devremeDar acum e vremea de a sta puțin in umbraSa imi incarc bateriile. Am nevoie sa ma întreb sincerCe imi stârnește un…
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Conectare
Ca un elastic puternic care se poate întindeCând ne certam, când avem opinii puternice diferiteSa avem încredere ca nu se rupe elasticulSa avem curaj sa ținem strâns de elSa nu dam drumul înainte sa ne onoram punctul de vedereAcolo cred eu ca găsim odihna in relațiiCând avem încredere in noi si in celălaltSi vorbim onestChiar…
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To honor my instinct
Listen well. Take action. Respect my intuition. So it will continue to speak clearly So I could hear itSo it can steer me clear of dangerous paths This is the hardest. To believe that what I want is important. This is an ache I carry from the time I was my kids’ current age. Though I was most…
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The Proverbs…
Are my refugeMy childhood fortfamiliar and comfortingI would turn to this bookOver and overSince my preteen years. A Solid groundunchanged in essenceBut revealing new life,Hope, clarity, direction. Committing it to memorywithout trying to memorize it. It will be a strange journeyTo undertake with others. I don’t recall precisely what drew meto the book of Proverbsin…
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Rachela
When someone talks to you,the world stops,and you listen so well.If the world doesn’t quiet down,you make it so,you silence it like Jesus silenced the storm.And you draw near,and there is no judgement.Just peace. Your self irony, and humility,your poise and humor,you pave the way to honest relationships. Fretting over wellbeing, safety, balance.Any seed of…
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Holding back
I have enjoyed the present,the gift of time,the fragrance and the taste of the ProvenceWith butter croissants and ice cream and cheeses We have had a lovely reset and I felt happyI rested my mind while my legs got tired exploring Even my kids who were so well behaved on this tripnoted that I was…