January 31, 2023 Two Weeks From Home Two weeks from home Seven thousand miles Sixty pounds of luggage I've carried, I've counted All the ways we are Apart.
April 21, 2020 Derailed Countless hours laying track of promises unfulfilled. What I'd do to get them back for permission to be still.
June 15, 2019 A Life of Wonder Many people wonder What it’s like to lose everything And be the wealthiest person in the world. “What secret do you have That the rest of us have never heard?” They wonder.
June 2, 2018 Stranger to Me Isn't it strange That my soul recognized you Long before our eyes made the introduction?
April 8, 2018 Turning pages "There's no turning back now," they say. Why do they say that? It has such a tone of finality to it - no mistakes, no room for failure, it seems.
March 25, 2018 What is defeat? The illusion that what you want is what you are meant for. What is defeat? To race against someone with a different finish line. What is defeat? A full stop where belongs a comma.
February 26, 2018 Tip of My Tongue My mother says that If I swallow before I chew, I'll miss the savour of each bite In this big pot of stew Which she's simmered all night With careful consideration
December 18, 2017 Whisper of the Waves These waves call attention with their trickery As if they have a message to deliver from the Sea,
August 12, 2017 These silly assumptions Assumptions are the side effects of well-intended silence that wants to try so hard to put the happiness of the other before that of the self. And yet, reconciliation of these two opposing forces is a constant negotiation - adults call it compromise or something like that.
June 21, 2017 I am with you The healing power of the spirit of human connection is a remarkable one - to be able to look someone in the eye, to hold another's hand, and say, "I am with you" in your moment of need, in your moment of joy, in your moment of sorrow, in all moments.
February 5, 2014 The agony of wait There is something so agonizing about waiting. The Wait. Those few minutes, days, years of anticipation for whatever is coming next. The wait for the next subway train, the wait on the next subway train until you reach your destination, the wait for the destination to be revealed.
