Kindness should begin with me
because I know it should
even if it doesn’t come naturally
I can practice until I get it down good. Continue reading
poetry
Un-assertiveness
If I had a backbone
I’d tell you what I’d do,
the first word out would be ‘no’
and I’d specifically say it to you. Continue reading
Road Trip
A Brief Synopsis of the Months
March, April, May
take forever to turn on. Continue reading
Love Me
10,000 Steps a Day
The Boy with the Easy Grin
Watch closely
the boy with an easy grin.
You don’t know
what pain he is hiding within. Continue reading
The important to-do
In my list of daily to-dos
which never shrinks but does grow
there is one unspoken at the top
and the only one I need to make so. Continue reading
The Outcast
If no one feels like they belong
and everyone relates to being an outcast –
who truly belongs here
who can really take hold fast? Continue reading
Young Willie Strang
Last week I shared another version of this poem. This was the first effort after reading about young Willie Strang in a couple of books about Brown’s Park. Continue reading
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