Cheers to 2026
I’ve gone back and forth on setting resolutions over the years. On the plus side, I find it helpful to hold myself accountable to certain goals. On the negative side, I usually forget about my resolutions a few weeks into the new year. 😅 I’m indecisive and open-minded, which causes me to flip-flop on the…
Keep reading6th Cancerversary
The world spinsas a beeping sound echoes around me–alien warfare or the distant hums of a submarine, I imagine.I feel myself falling through space,all around me is dark,both claustrophobic and endless,a humming contradiction.I must remain completely still,arms locked overhead, face pressed downward:frozen in time in a placewhere time doesn’t existexcept for memories of all the…
Keep readingCaffeinated Chipmunk
Hints of nutmeg and chocolate whisper across the room, warming up the morning gloom, wafting slowly, the aromas bloom. The cup I poured casts a satisfying warmth,the delectable mocha I adore.Eyes closed with expectation,a mug wrapped in anticipation.Then, my joy crushed by squealing surprise: a critter slurps the treat before my eyes! Note: image is…
Keep readingDiscarded
I sit here amongst the broken pencils, crinkled post-its, and abandoned erasers. We live untouched and awkwardly perched, unused and possibly forgotten. My jaw is disjointed and my alignment botched, my blue paint graying in this dusty twilit corner. My staples no longer fit, little metal sparkles lodged in edges of our desk drawer home,…
Keep readingLessons in Patience
Patience is a virtue:the restraint in the chaos,the ticking of clocks heard from a great distanceuntil the sound is only a memory, like the whisper of the windenwrapping the yellow-tinged leavesand tossing them into the sunbaked sky.Patience is the calm beforethe storm; the soothing serenade of moonlight scattered on the bedroom walls;the simple act of…
Keep readingDusk’s Feathered Patience
Pause here a moment undersunset’s stillness, underthe cover of dusk’s feathered patience.Trace the lingering pinktendrils that pool andwane into faded blueskyline, simmering anothermoment, bathing in the glow of yesterday’s memory, and leaving justan echo of quiet. I wrote this poem for the Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt #178. This week’s prompt was provided by Jaideep, who…
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