Published in A Cornered Gurl·Oct 30, 2022Member-onlyShutter SpeedCan you see the carrots, there poking from your pockets? The bravest information to share, kept so lovingly close to the breath. “The cameras on this house don’t work”. Some days feel like they’re spent ducking, some days, comfortably, punishingly, quiet. Beautiful like ingrown hairs. What causes more creases than…Imagination2 min readImagination2 min read
Published in A Cornered Gurl·Oct 24, 2022Member-onlyAnimeIf the days could just be more, then I could stand by, picking at the best fruit. I think this could be described as a happiness. The best given allowance from the aether. Then again, I misspell the simplest of equations. It is inconsequential. How credible are my thoughts? To…Counseling2 min readCounseling2 min read
Published in A Cornered Gurl·Oct 21, 2022Member-onlyHands and Jawlinethe coffee is a wonder. and while the carpet is scratchy reaching under my shirt, across my thighs, the sun mentions you, searing my arm. “start over”. it is a magic trick, this wrapping of me, tight, dripping. “don’t try to come back in 5 years”. you know I have…Recovery2 min readRecovery2 min read
Oct 19, 2022Member-onlyA foot in the doorThe decider realizes it’s just about time to roll up the garden hose. The leaves are a disaster and with one well intended morning, the effort will reveal the still burning brightly star inside. sometimes it’s a matter of following the wither with life affirming reactions. The mindful are responding…Recovery2 min readRecovery2 min read
Oct 12, 2022Member-onlyfor yearsI have learned over 50 recipes in the last 3 months. The work is calming, even now after the hundred or so, street crossings I have experienced this last year. I can clearly see that I can make a mess. I can also build beautiful tacos and beet salads. I…Self Awareness3 min readSelf Awareness3 min read
Oct 8, 2022Member-onlyjust a kidConfidence is an irony. It’s flashing lights in the summer noon sun. A little unexpected, an overage, a foot on the scale. Drinking water reverses the glare, finds the dead spot and brings it back to full foliage. This is no accident. a full grown man, the fool grown man…Counseling2 min readCounseling2 min read
Oct 3, 2022Member-onlyDaylilyMy guess is a quality guess. The leaves are dropping and it’s important to enjoy that. Open the windows and let out the stuffiness of the inner mind. Regardless of what I have said here.. I haven’t truly been living wrapped so tight. Opening a window is like opening my…Recovery2 min readRecovery2 min read
Oct 2, 2022Member-onlyTrianglesWhat we do together. That is the always. So careful, giving. Becoming. influenced. This confidence is growing. It’s strange to have this awareness, my finger on my phases as I move through them. Strange, just means new. Different but the same. Pull the air in and stretch the spine. …Love Letters1 min readLove Letters1 min read
Sep 29, 2022Member-onlykingsOne qualified equation and still it’s easy to see the emptiness. Whatever happened to the young dreams, the promises of a road. Somewhere to go. Those days are deader than an absorbed twin. Fire girl burning me. All those memories. I am searching the applications for a sign. Dragging my…Memories2 min readMemories2 min read
Sep 23, 2022Member-onlythe need to talkfollow me. even when I have nowhere to lead, nothing to say. walk with me a ways. climb this insanity, weaving the cloth as we do. collect on the damages with your silken touch. collect it all. your mind, tumbling along the smooth edge of the emory board. you’re talking…Love2 min readLove2 min read
