Hard To Say

It is
Hard to say
Exactly what
Will come
To pass
In my life.
But
It is
Easy to say
That I will
Do my best
To handle
Whatever
Comes
With hope.

Fingers Crossed

Crossing my fingers
And crossing my toes
Crossing my eyes
But no one yet knows...
Not even I know
What might occur
I don't even know
What I know for sure...
I ask only for
Whatever the
Universe
Gives,
And know
That
Regardless
I'll be ready
For it.

Beyond Breathing

To be loved
Is not
The point.
The point is
To love
Now
While
You can.
To be amazing
Is not
The point.
The point is
To inspire
Others
To act
Now
While
We're here
To act.
Once the
Ink dries
On the
Pages
Of our
Lives,
There is
No going
Back.
We must
Make
The most
Of the
Days,
The hours,
The minutes
Before us.
We will not
Get a
Second chance,
But what we do
Will last
Beyond
Our breath.

Projection

I would like
My whole life
To be
A series
Of
Moments
That I can
Look back
Upon,
And think
Upon.
Motivated
Moments.
Productive
Moments.
But also
Compassionate
Moments.
Also,
Family
Moments.
Because
These are
Moments
That really
Matter.

Madi Mae

Madi Mae
You're eight
Today!
Eight candles!
Eight years
On eight fingers!
Hooray!
Madi Mae
You're eight
Today!
So have fun
With cake
And with presents!
Hooray!
Madi Mae
You're eight
Today!
So many
Great things
To see and to
Say!
Madi Mae
You're eight
Today!
Today is
The day
We celebrate!
Yay!

About Friendship

Friendship
Is
A
Gift
And I
Need
To learn
To treasure
It.
More than
Today.
More than
Right now.
Don’t discard it.
Embrace it.

Special Moments

These are
Special moments
When
We hold you,
Love you,
When we
Are with you..
Right now
You are
Tiny,
Right now
You are
Precious.
Someday,
You will not
Be tiny
Anymore
But
You will
Always be
Precious
To us.

Dirty Thirty

Thirty is
Pretty
Fabulous
Tonight.
The start
Of something
So new and
So right.

Europe Adventure

Fly away tonight
And take
The break
You need
To take.
See the world
And sights
And make
The trip
You need
To make.
Fly away tonight
But come
Back safe
Again someday.

Family Times

So grateful for family
To visit and share with.
So grateful to be here
To love and to care with.
All of my family
Such blessings,
It’s true
It’s wonderful
Now just
To be here with you.

Essence

I feel lost
And lonely
In the wake
Of today.
In the wake
Of the words
I read.
In the wake
Of how they
Came so swiftly
As if they
Were written
Solely for me.
But that is
Not the case.
We all
Remember
Our mistakes.
But we should
Remember
Our victories
Too,
Because they
Are more
Valuable
To us
And those
Around us
And they
Will leave
A positive
Essence
In our wake
When we are
Someday
Gone.

What Was Left

It would be
Easy
To lie down
In the ruins
Of what was
Left.
To stay
Broken.
To stay
Sad.
To live
Anxiously
From day
To day.
But instead
Of concentrating
On what was
Taken
From us.
Why not
Focus on
What
We are
Left
With?
Even if
It takes
A little
Time
To come
Into our
Awareness,
It is
Healthy
To think
Upon
These gifts
And what
They mean
To us.

To Be Here

What a gift it is
To have a friend
To talk to,
To laugh with,
To go deep with,
To be real with...
What a gift it is
To have a friend
To be honest with
To speak the unspeakable with
To do this
And to know
They'll always
Be here
No matter
What.

121806

So long ago
That I thought
It buried,
But not so
Long ago
At all.
Four years
Back
I
Packed
A box
To send
Abroad
To people
I did not
Know.
I took this
Day with
Terrible
Memories
And I made
A choice.
I packed
A box.
The box
Had this:
Socks and
Notebooks.
Chapstick
And pens.
Toothbrushes
Gum and
A phone card
And candy
It's all
There.
Signed with
Our names
And enclosed
With a picture
Which said:
"You Are My
Superman"
Sent out
Somewhere.

To Be Lost

It is such a sad
And terrible way
To lose
Such a
Little life.
It is such an
Incomprehensible
Tragedy,
Such a
Deep
Wound,
Such a
Raw grief.
There is nothing
To say, and
There is no way
To make it
Better.

So Ready

So ready to see
Some dancing
Some turning
Some friends
And some learning
Today.
So ready to be
Inspired -
Enlightened -
To have
My day brightened
Today.

Workshop

Can hardly wait
For tomorrow
To begin.
For birthday
Month
To
Start
Truly
Being
Celebrated.
With dance
And friends
And family.

Not Totally Bummed

Sometimes
It helps
To remember
My own
Humanness.
To remember
That it's
Okay
To have a
Bummer of
A day.
The trick
Is
To also
Remember
To make
The choice -
Just for
Today -
To be
Happy
Again.

Planner

Iced mint tea
96 degrees
Cornrows
And writing
And birthdays,
Yes, please.

Costa Rica

I remember,
This day,
Coming into
A country
So beautiful
And warm.
I remember,
This day,
Being shocked
At the poverty
And the privilege
That existed
Side by side.
I remeber,
This day,
Feeling
Surrounded
By friends
And divided
From family.
I remember
That this day
Was the beginning
Of something
New for me.
A new
Perspective.
A new
Direction.
I remember
That this
Was the day
When this new
Place
Began to make
A place
In my heart.

Growth-Spiral

As darkness fell
A decade back
So, too, did it fall
Upon a house,
Upon a family,
Upon me...
Marking time
Like height
Drawn in lines
Upon a wall
Except...
One progression
Works its way up
As growth...
And the other
Works its way down
As a spiral.
I wish so much
I could keep the wall
And I wish so much
I could undo it all
Everything that's
Hurt us
Since
Ten years ago
Today.

Empty House

I wake with the
Taste of grief
In my mouth
And a heaviness
In my heart.
I did not know
It was possible
To hold a place
So close
That when it's
Bare
I felt like
Weeping.
It is not the
Emptiness
Of the place
That hurts
So deeply...
But the
Emptiness
Within
My heart.
The emptiness
Of memories
That once
Existed.

Remember To Remember

It's good to remember
Where we have been,
And it's good to remember
To trust in the future.
It's hard to remember
We are not in control
And it's hard not to
Place blame when something
Should've happened sooner.
It's sad to remember
How some lessons don't stick.
It's sad to consider
What might never get kicked.
But it is still good to remember
It is good to think back
On the good times and hard times
And the lessons attached.

Birthday Month

Ready to
Celebrate
For a whole
Month -
Us turning
Thirty and
All kinds of
Stuff -
A birthday
Should never
Be limited
To
Just one day
When a whole
Thirty days will
Do.