“You’re a man”, I thought, and then I let it go. “You’re so strong, so powerful”, I thought, and then I let it go. “You’re supposed to act with vigor and virility, you’re a man”, I thought, and then I let it go. “You’re supposed to lead, and I follow, you’re a man”, I thought, […]
Tag: writing
We Live, We Learn
There used to be a time, not so long ago, (well actually…pretty long ago), when I would write out my agony, the emotions that defined me. It was the inception of my relationship with poetry. Oh the sweet, sweet years of teenage, where every emotion that you feel is as high as heaven, as fiery as […]
High Hopes
There’s a lot going on / So much change all around / It makes me worry I’ll forget / The things that make life great / The things that made me me / All those cherished memories / So much in my head / A million new things every breath / Will all those old […]
Change
“It maybe that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.” – Wendell Berry I know not what I look for, or what I yearn / I know not what is missing […]
#thisgramlife
“Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me” – William Shakespeare This quote captioning a well orchastrated picture would be the exact thing that would earn me some Instagram clout. Now my life is valid, now it has value, now that it has been seen… This thought has been haunting me […]
Lately
Lately I’ve been on the move, doing things, going places, thinking thoughts, lately. Lately I’ve been thinking through, my life, my path, my people too, lately. Lately I’ve been digging deep, into my being, my heart, my soul, lately. Lately I’ve been asking questions, on who I am, what I want, why even, lately. Lately […]
No One Tells You This
That one day you will be living in the city of your dreams / That one day day you will be living the life you hadn’t even dreamed of / That one day you will be living life outside the usual narrative, and it will be fabulous / That one day you will be sitting […]
Vida Amorosa
Déjalo ir – Let go If I could summarize the mood of my recent vacation to San Juan, Puerto Rico this would be it. From the morning that I reached, I felt a sense of relief, of space, of familiarity in the streets of Viejo San Juan, of warmth in the hearts of the Puerto […]
Blank
A state of mind, a state of life, an obscure place, a clean slate – blank. Where words can be written, paint splashed, sketches drawn, creations created – blank. Re-written, erased, re-drawn, re-made, again and again and again – blank. A new idea, an old one revived, re-do, re-make, create, keep creating – blank. A […]
When Words Fail
A little girl writes a poem on her father when tasked with writing about her hero… A girl makes a choice to choose her passion over others… A strong woman cites she owes it all to her mother… A self-made woman makes way in her life for a significant other… Women all colors and […]
