Erudite

Raising a feminist mother

I am her daughter and teacher. My mother and I have always had that kind of relationship. She inspires me with…

I watched you go down that little path so badly beaten

Manipulation

Be weary my child
from when the sun rises
till its daily death
and when the moon conquers
for the dark hearts always linger
ready to…

Memories Sometimes Are Like Photographs

Can dust desert a desert?
Water run from rain?

I am a river blocked
all my waters folding into me
I am a dam of still memories

You’re buying that ice cream with time. Don’t overspend.

I don’t need saving:

‘’To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.’’- Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the Shoe Fits

Where did he get his morals?

Morality binds and blinds us.

War is funny that way. It turns white tulips red. War turns common men into soldiers, boys into men too early, men into corpses, and wives into widows.