not sure I went to bed same woman I woke up an act of boldness courage Put your big girl pants on led to opening Pandora’s box old battered Whitman sampler tin holding flotsam and jetsam of long missing father’s life thought I was prepared for the truths it held handwritten letters ghosts calling from … Continue reading Pandora’s Box (revisited)
I keep you in a basket at the foot of my bed that I can grab quickly in case of fire or other emergency You are tucked in among the postcards from exotic places fading photographs handwritten letters greeting cards signed with love and other mementos of my past that I can't bear to lose © … Continue reading #tbt Mementos
she had moved many times in her life not unexpectedly some belongings became lost were left behind inadvertently or on purpose when they caused her pain didn’t fit her life anymore couldn’t be squeezed into the overstuffed car before making her escape boxes had been ruined in a basement flood in Dominic's house in Upper … Continue reading #tbt Love’s Labors Lost (revisited)
I come back to myself this morning find that I am staring at the wallpaper unconsciously tracing geometric patterns with my fingertip over and over I am not the strong blue lines that intersect I am the empty white spaces in the center of the hexagons I am the void The memory is an old one … Continue reading Anatomy of a Flashback
The past sits in front of me in an old, battered trunk that I have dragged around these many years I rarely take it out of the attic It is dusty makes me sneeze Multiple padlocks and straps keep the lid securely in place Opening this trunk requires preparation I like to have a chair … Continue reading Unpacking (reimagined)
Not sure I went to bed same woman I woke up An act of boldness courage Put your big girl pants on led to opening Pandora’s box old battered Whitman sampler tin holding flotsam and jetsam of absent father’s life Thought I was prepared for the truths it held handwritten letters ghosts calling from … Continue reading Pandora’s Box (revisited)
Brave & Reckless 