Poems, Revelation, and Musings

Mostly, letting go refers to a person or thing we had or loved. But how do we let go of yearning for what we never had and unlived dreams?

I climbed down from the single-engine plane and stepped onto the rich Amazon soil on the outskirts of Puerto Maldonado in southeast Peru…

Narcissistic relationships go through a painful cycle that grows of narcissistic personality disorder. Spot the stages and what you can do.

I thought the ocean too cold to swim. But dip my hand slowly in. Surprised to find the sun had warmed the Winter water.

At 6:00 p.m. I greet Pete at my door. “I’m on time and keep my word,” he crows, We dine, recline, and stretch our feet across my coffee…

When Kay in our meeting was dying of ALS, she taught us so much about the spirit and that we are more than our bodies.

I’d been searching all my life, Never knowing why, Seeking answers without questions, Afraid to live, afraid to die.

A solitaire danced above A swirl of twirling light, Radiating timeless love, Promised by my shining knight. Diamonds blazed in each…

I’d been walking in the desert of my soul along the dry, uncertain bedrock of a dead stream — unaware readying a divorce and new career.

I was certain that Trevor was my soul mate — fallen from heaven. He didn’t look like a vampire, quite the opposite, in fact.

Surrender is nothing one can do. It’s an absence I can’t create. It’s what I must remove: All that I want, All that I understand, All that…

On a windowsill a Monarch prays, Stoic and still. Motionless, near death, it seems. As cold winds beat its fragile wings. I coax its hairy…

I dreamt I went fishing and drew a snake up from the depths. It wriggled on the ground, and The hook popped out its mouth As it whipped arou

A neighbor’s cat liked to dally Along the far side of the alley. Unaware, I sped in his direction, And, though safely out of harm, He…

I collapse upon a bench beneath the palms To watch a twilight surf. The wide horizon clears my weary eyes, And wet salt air subdues my city…

Green buds coming up too slow, I thought, Will they grow? I don’t know, perhaps they’ll die.

The canyons of my mind guard the waterways of life —  Forever watching river rafts and passersby floating in their gaiety, I walk along the…

I cover my toes with white lamb’s wool, And slip on pink satin toe shoes. At last my own! I wrap ‘round my ankles Pink satin ribbon…

A story of Parental Alienation, when one parent turns children against the other in a divorce causes PTSD and serious mental health…

Do you seek perfect love? Would you recognize it if it were right before you? Did you find it only to watch it fade, blow up, or disappear?

Do you ever ask what drives you and your priorities? I wisely wondered at 17 — but, sadly was too young and unaware to learn from the…

Transformation occurs through us, not as result of our will. Faith is needed to allow change to blossom, often into an unimaginable new form

Waiting. Waiting for life to begin. Death does not wait.

I’d been three years on crutches and unable to walk, not knowing if I ever would again. Sadly I looked at my dusty shoes. Each had a story.