Treading Water (2009)

Treading Water, without a care in the world. Sun warming my face, waves lapping at my shoulders creating rhythm through my body. Arms and legs building strength moving in simultaneous determination. Looking straight ahead knowing full-well there will not be a lifeboat to find me. Treading water in perfect rhythm  with no intention of stopping….

i am your willow

i am your willow and i will keep you safe. i will bend. i will adjust. i will surrender: to the process to the storm to myself i will flex to the best of my abilities and i will not break. i will wrap myself around you, and weep with you through joy and grief. i…

my Battlefield

Under this exposed battlefield i have nourished life. It is here that i hold my breath and store my energy.   From third to second chakra a patchwork of scars, stretch marks, and ink blanket my anxieties of love and esteem.   Sterile precision marks my growing strength.   Look for beauty in the shadows. For there…