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Outlier
I’ve spent my life an observer, a visitor from beyond. Perhaps this isn’t my first go around this green planet, and maybe it’s not my last I’ve been an outlier, and outsider Different As a child others didn’t understand my meanings, not catching the sense of humour that was sometimes bizarre Even now, I teach…
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Ouroboros
This week has worn me down. I find the days go so fast, and yet they seem to all repeat the same thing over and over. In my little cubicle in the world I deal with microcosms, and have only small windows into the world of others. I really do like being able to help,…
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Showdown
The hardest thing to do When each day is through Is to look into your soul To find your life’s true goal Each thought has its own weight Bound to you by the hand of fate It looks you in the eye And dares you to tell a lie Stronger than guile, Bursting through denial…
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Champion
Cookies by the light of the stove, long after the kids are in bed changing the oil early in the morning before the kid goes back to school, because you want to keep them safe and that’s what you know countless road trips over icy highways, shuttling them back and forth helping to pick all…
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10 minutes a day
I’ve been thinking about ways to make my days meaningful, every day, not just occasionally. I find so often we walk around being busy- get up, pour coffee down to wake up, exercise, get the kids going, go to work, come home, grab a kid for an activity, feed kids, put to bed, pass out.…
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Cusp
On the edge of truth, between the place of lies and reality the word sits on the cusp neither good or bad just waiting “cancer” so hard to say but there, nonetheless between us. I try to soften it, adding qualifiers and uncertainty but I’ve felt it for awhile, seen it in their aura, smelled…
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Morning review
Sitting with my coffee I review the day before and the day ahead. I wake up at the usual time, but decide not to exercise- my cold has made my sluggish and sore. I sit on the couch with my little love, who coughs harshly then smiles at me, happy with something a puppy on…
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Prudence
I wonder if life would have been different if I hadn’t been in the middle. growing up, worrying about being on time, getting everything done on time. feeling guilty if I didn’t do what I was supposed to. Being responsible. sensible prudent I was always dependable. The designated driver, the worker who would pick up…
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Early morning Pause
I sit, bleary eyes half closed. Trying to figure out my coffee maker which is set to magically go off at 4:30, so that the smell of the delicious beans will entice me to wake up instead of hit my snooze button repeatedly. I succeed and try not to trip over the dog who has…
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Daily Prompt: Later
Note to self- all we have is this moment hold your loved ones tight there is no later smell the babies head, kiss the toddler, hug the teen moments are fast then gone. Be present in this moment via Daily Prompt: Later