I’ll Blame Mercury

I’m angry, I’m unsettled – every nerve is frayed and I don’t follow astrology but I’ll blame Mercury Retrograde I’ll message my best friend she’ll agree with everything I say We lament over our frustrationsand both bitch about our day But when the sun has set and the stars are in the skyI’ll remember life is hard – Mercury isn’t the reason whyContinueContinue reading “I’ll Blame Mercury”

Death to Life (collab with audio)

Photo by Eva Bronzini on Pexels.com By Cassa Bassa, Benjamin Grossman, Bree Leto Is there any life inside this brittle heart of mineI am cracked to the coreAll my light has leaked outI cry out for nourishment Someone to restore A desert flower thirsting for rainA deadwood feeling lost in a spring forestThe craving for lifeContinueContinue reading “Death to Life (collab with audio)”

Blooming Without You (with audio)

The original photo (in colour) can be found here Music Bed: ‘In The Moment’ by Steve Oxen via FesliyanStudios If your cruel behaviour taught me anything it’s that I’m a fighter I may have been crushed but I grew despite your destruction – I stood without you I pushed my roots deeper strengthening my core against the harshness of life healingContinueContinue reading “Blooming Without You (with audio)”

What Day Is It? (with audio)

Image found here on Pinterest I don’t recall where I am or what I’m doing How did I get to this place in my life? Why did I allow myself to float this far off track? My inner child looks back over a freckle-covered shoulder She had different dreams than this  she bought into a lie she never knew existed TheContinueContinue reading “What Day Is It? (with audio)”

The Shoreline (with audio)

Original Image found here on Pinterest Wave effects by InspectorJ via Freesound You were the wild ocean I was the still meadow no permanent place to be together – your heart would have run dry with me, I would have drowned in your arms.  Meeting on the shoreline crashing into each other we joined in tempestContinueContinue reading “The Shoreline (with audio)”

Dear Heart

Image found here on Pinterest Peace, dear heart  disconnect from thoughts that stray Put aside your worries  and your overthinking way Courage, dear heart you know you will be okay  Everything you fear won’t  manifest itself today Silence, dear heart find the goodness on display  Focus on the light tobanish darkness from the day Sometimes you need to do a little self-coaching to keep your mindContinueContinue reading “Dear Heart”