Carmen GómezThe Signs WithinSomething almost imperceptible, but momentous, happened to me today. Walking small laps around a field, listening to my new favorite song…Feb 11, 2023Feb 11, 2023
Carmen GómezMy Little MusaI did not imagine this path when I nursed you, baby girl. Fearing for your life at this tender age. Facing this swirling river outside our…Oct 30, 2022Oct 30, 2022
Carmen GómezThe CaveIt is so dark in here, I can barely see the ground beneath my forehead. Hidden, protected by a spider web. Loved, nourished by kindness.Oct 10, 2022Oct 10, 2022
Carmen GómezCrow Boy*March, 2020. We are “sheltering-in-place” due to the coronavirus pandemic, with schools shut down for at least several weeks, and maybe the…Jun 14, 2022Jun 14, 2022
Carmen GómezTherapy Is Not NecessaryFebruary, 2018. I’ve been contemplating loss. Not the sudden kind of loss that wakes you up in the middle of the night, or calls you…Jun 14, 2022Jun 14, 2022
Carmen GómezAsh-Shahīd, the WitnessI find myself with two different responses to the idea that Allah is ash-Shahid, the Witness, to all of my private thoughts and actions…Jun 14, 2022Jun 14, 2022
Carmen GómezAs-Sabūr, the PatientIn late afternoon, as I walked through the cemetery, I took in the changing fall colors and the flight of flocks of geese flying overhead…Jun 14, 2022Jun 14, 2022