the edges of myself

words, words, words

the worlds i’ve moved through since meeting you– gratitude does not begin to cover the debt i feel i owe–   realizing the maximum of all that i am and understanding that i have yet barely scraped the surface.   knowing that as i rise– you rise with me–  our expansion exponential when walking together. …

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June 5, 2013

the perfection of

your beauty strikes me each time

i watch you awake.

the reason you’re different from everyone else is because your potential is constantly in the process of being realized.   there is an earnestness in your actions that takes me back to childhood; honeysuckle along a path of green and a strawberry patch that stretched the length of a summer sunset.   And it cannot be denied that …

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my smile, a long-lost friend who i hadn’t realized departed, slowly backed out the door years ago, almost imperceptively. she’s beginning to reemerge along with the rest of me. i see her reflected back at me in mirrors and photographs– recognizing the joy that flows from behind her– feeling safe enough to show herself. regaining …

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standing in the kitchen, a wave washes over– a gentle reminder of the beauty and certainty surrounding me.   for there is little more tangible than love– and time and actions speak worlds more than flowery words and unencumbered emotion.   they speak to a carefulness in thought– a measured action for the purpose of reason–   for there is little …

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