Running, words jammed together in here mind is jumbled, not very clear four more poems, tangling hair nouns thrown through morning air fresh picked verbs, bulbs rare one more poem done bedtime, I now need run except … running will never be done three more…

SELF LOVE I am a woman I am a mother, a sister, a daughter I love myself, my family, and my friends. I am passionate about many things That is what makes me who I am today I love the way I look in my…

Running. I hit the ground running and never broke a stride never gave you reason enough to hide. yet you took my trust and tossed it aside, who knew that your betrayal was so easy to find? It was complacent believing you were on my…

Running on empty Pre-dawn hollowness A shell of my usual self My words brittle, stilted, halting My emotions devoid of feeling Free-floating angst and anger So great, yet so nebulous. I have no core. My thoughts echo in the vastness as they ricochet between scales…

Yoga, meditation, too my body needs you hands touch the floor stretch my brain into four so it can think more hour twenty is here this ritual I hold dear I stretch my hands high for a metaphor of sky then jump up three times…

what is love when it’s one-sided? What is love if you’re not appreciated? what is love when you feel like the journey is just yours? What is this kind of love on rainy days? In the heat? On bad days? What is love when it’s…

DO I NEED YOU? I wrote your value on my hand, But the soap washed it away. I wrote your value on paper. But the wind blew it away. I protected you in my bank, But my busy schedule kept you away. I toiled day…

Destination Unknown I hopped in the car, destination unknown I had no direction in view I took off in the morning, for a break from the chaos But where I was headed, no clue Many choices before me – Air, land or sea And whether…

Hour Twenty – Text Prompt: Write a poem about a routine or ritual that is part of your life. It can be something like making coffee every morning, or something like attending religious services once a week.   Dugga Dugga   Not sure how or…