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Finding Otherness

Finding Otherness

Posted on by Maria
The other night, I decided that I needed a break from Facebook. I finally hit the tipping point and could no longer absorb one more minute of the hatred and vitriol brought out by this election. Every... Read More
Savor

Savor

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Savor So many days I have glimpsed this kind of calm, longed for it, then rushed off to something more frenzied. Today, I live within it. Hidden on this porch, I am surrounded everywhere by green leav... Read More
Morning Minds

Morning Minds

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Morning Minds In the morning, I wake up Mourning doves coo me awake With a list of tasks A new day. Running through my head. I think I will sit I had better get them written down For a while Before th... Read More
The Room

The Room

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The Room When I was a child, I closed all the doors into the hallway to make a new room, dark and empty, the center of everything. I searched closets and attic spaces, looking for somewhere I had neve... Read More
BIG THING

BIG THING

Posted on by Maria
BIG THING I grew up believing That there was some BIG THING That I was supposed to do To make the world A better place. Becoming an adult Was all about figuring out What that BIG THING was. Then, if I... Read More
Saying Good-Bye

Saying Good-Bye

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Saying Goodbye Can one ever really learn To take it as it comes, To savor the moment When what one loves Is so temporary? Just yesterday The trees were green, Bursting with life. But today, They stare... Read More
Ideas

Ideas

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Ideas Some people believe We are surrounded by ghosts, Old spirits who hang on, Wanting what they didn’t get- Revenge, Lost love, Closure. I don’t believe in ghosts. We will all leave behind A lif... Read More
Pace

Pace

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Pace Imagine the sound of a cloud moving leisurely across the sky, a pine tree’s imperceptible growth compelled by its longing for light, a gentle rain’s slow slide down the pane, the sigh ali... Read More
Home

Home

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Home I like to be The first one home In the afternoon To find the house Silently waiting. The books rest on the shelf, Leaning gently to the left. The table holds the candlestick Benevolently in its p... Read More
River

River

Posted on by Maria
River You could come to this place and discover nothing if you bring along your own noise, your own chaos. Because, like so much that is sacred, silence is the only entryway. So we leave it all behind... Read More
Passing

Passing

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Passing So many similarities— The way they sleep so much, Struggle to open their eyes, Their gaunt frames, Flailing limbs, Iridescently thin skin, Shallow, rapid breath. They are so delicate, These ... Read More
Staring

Staring

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Staring When I was young, I used to watch people closely. Limp with fascination, knees locked, mouth gaping, I would slowly leave self-consciousness behind and stare. Entranced, I took a person in com... Read More
Off To Bed Again

Off To Bed Again

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Off to Bed Again How did another day Pass so quickly? Every one is like a playing card Being shuffled into the deck, Each so much the same, Each slightly different. I lie down in the same bed, Next to... Read More
The Worrier

The Worrier

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The Worrier She lies in bed, Staring into the silent darkness Outside her window. Fears, Muffled by day, Now rise, one by one, To the surface. Her family, Her job, The future And anxieties She cannot ... Read More
Becoming

Becoming

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Becoming In your womb she rests drawing from blood, bone all she needs. Your heart calls hers to sing its rhythm. Your fear, the losses you’ve sustained cannot touch her here. She grows safely forme... Read More