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One Humbling

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on August 11, 2025| 6 Comments »

writing for four years
still not able to fully describe
that one moment

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Surprise Gift

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 18, 2025| Leave a Comment »

 

                 
 
How quick I was
to curse the weeds
spiking up
through the lavender,
but wanting to remove them
is what it took
to make me pause,
to kneel on the ground
beside the thick
purple mounds
and thrust my hands
again and again
into the slender stems
to untangle and tug.
Now, I almost want
to thank those weeds
for the work.
Long after, the smell
lingered on my hands,
a gift so purple,
so humbling, so sweet.

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Three Humblings

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on October 4, 2015| 1 Comment »

lost in the corn maze

for hours, always knowing

exactly where I am not

*

acutely aware

of a much larger dance—

blood moon

*

the young magician

made the coins disappear—

longing to hand him my guilt

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