Lament

Have you ever let a piece just flow from your heart and it just takes a shape or form of its own?  When I write from the moments where my heart is heavy or the emotions or thoughts are high, I think of Lamentations in the Bible.   Lamentations can be such a heavy read.

Ups and downs

These ups and downs are so taxing on my body. Extremely taxing on me mentally, emotionally, and physically. Sure, I’ve not made the best decisions but this place of navigating myself in so many spaces that I can’t immediately get away from are taking chunks out of “whole” me. Financially, up and down.. up and

Adoration

It’s with sincere adoration that I express my gratitude for the love that I am feeling, am receiving, and am giving. This is my answered prayer that’s daily become a full breath of air in my lungs, a clear vision in my mind, a hopeful step into each day, and a perfect recipe of all

One of those days

It’s been one of those days… Where it seems like you take a sigh of relief and then an obstacle immediately arises… A day in which you once again feel like you’re climbing uphill in the desert with a cold water bottle being dangled on a rope in front.. Where’s the reset button? You know,

Smothering Optimist

What happens to the Optimist that’s beginning to be smothered by dark clouds? Unsolicited upsets, complaints, and bitterness spewing from the unhealthy lifestyles of others, and at “guard down” moments of self, deplete hopeful breaths. Yes, the loving Optimist plucks her own nerves at everything feeling like a solitary movement of thought, a flowing against

Same Coin, Different Sides Haiku

A poem about her which was really about me the same. Yet, Different.

Another Round

I strangled you so quickly that it took me a moment to realize that I even moved to clench you between my fingertips. Doubt. No vacancy, so I had to take you out before you got me first. This. Is. Life. Or. Death. I choose LIFE. My womb breeds optimism, opportunities, and anything other than negativity consuming the