Heart of Rose (Page 8)

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Letting Go

The above picture is a pile of two notebooks and an unnumbered stack of poems I have written. Poems from 2010 up until recent years. Two days ago I grabbed my poetry binder to look for a poem. I opened the binder and found

1 October 2021 · 3 min read

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Bridges

Connection route Some are meant to be broken Some merge new possibilities Others are reminders of hurt Leading us over obstacles Guiding us through struggles We never seem to take the ones that take us under The ones that lead us to the root

28 September 2021 · 1 min read

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Useful in Being

I struggle with being needed. More specifically, I struggle with measuring my worth and my usefulness by how much I am needed or not needed. I am sure this is not a struggle only I have. To my fellow readers who can identify with

24 September 2021 · 3 min read

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building blocks

these pieces look to me for direction. positioning themselves where they feel they belong. square edges don't fit in round corners. smooth brushes against rough. something is out of place. while another is at home. where do i begin? no clear indication

21 September 2021 · 1 min read

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In the Dark

When it is dark outside I do not like to drive. I become anxious and drive too close to the steering wheel. One time in particular, I was driving around 5 am and it was dark. No hint of sun in sight. I was

17 September 2021 · 3 min read

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why here? why now?

the ground not as uncomfortable as expected. pieces of a story lie about. sometimes catching a breath of a passerby and dancing on the clouds. a short distance covered by a single breath. a piece of the story has landed here. in a slow

13 September 2021 · 1 min read

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What Do I Want More Than Freedom?

I realized a few days ago that I sometimes want to be sad and when given an opportunity to leave my sadness, I choose to stay. Why might I want to stay in sadness as opposed to being free from it? The answer I

10 September 2021 · 2 min read

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Tell Me When

tell me when does a word turn into a pen? an open mouth a seventeen lined poem, a thought a fifteen page paper describing what a mess my mind is and how I needs to turn into us you or we, yet it has

7 September 2021 · 1 min read

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Swaddled

completely wrapped and covered in the love of Jesus. in peace. in comfort of the Holy Spirit. in protection. in the truth of Jesus. unable to break free from His grasp. His hands. swaddle me O' Lord, until I am covered fully in

2 September 2021 · 2 min read

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Who Gives?

who gives and takes away; who tells the portion where it should go, when to lessen its load when to release in full, where it shall land and where to remove. who gives and takes away; when all is said done is anything really

30 August 2021

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