When I remind myself there’s nothing lacking in who I’ve become Perfection is not what I mean There are those moments in my life that I can still think of and cringe Plus the ones that can’t be unseen Naming those positive things that reside in the here and the now And believing the future’s … Continue reading Replete: C. Fay Shlanda
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Butterfly: Betty Carmichael
To be free just like a butterfly! Oh how I would like to fly higher than a kite! No matter what the weather, wind, rain, Snow, sleet. Up up away in the sky. Tumbling, swirling and flying up and down, from the sky to the ground. The wind is my helper. I depend on it … Continue reading Butterfly: Betty Carmichael
We Are the Awesome!!!: Andrea Borse
We Are the Awesome We crack and crumble ‘til we break or burst Then we grab our tool kit and dust it off We put ourselves back together again as best we can According to the instructions. Maybe this time the “glue” will hold longer than last time We have prepared and placed supports, accessed … Continue reading We Are the Awesome!!!: Andrea Borse
This is Not my Fault: Stephen W. Sigurdson
Making something out of nothing, as daunting as it may seem. Now people are gone, not coming back, inspiration weakened, circling an empty track. Competing with a numb, miserable fellow. He resides inside, passing the hours, just needing to hide, as his personality sours. It is funny when once upon a time there was all … Continue reading This is Not my Fault: Stephen W. Sigurdson
The Secret: Pamela Wain
It is a secret, you must never tell. Secrets are forever, shared between two people. A secret sits on top of a steeple right on the tip, say one word, it will slip. A secret is forever, a person should never, never tell another a soul, it is a lifelong goal. A secret is followed … Continue reading The Secret: Pamela Wain
Freedom: Marjolaine Brodeur
Wow! It’s done. I am now free to begin making plans for the next phase of my life. Freed from the shackles that had insidiously grown tighter and tighter on my life; my shoulders are still achy from having borne the many responsibilities that became mine alone to bear as the people who made up … Continue reading Freedom: Marjolaine Brodeur
Untitled: Jordan Derkson
You pray for, rain To quench your thirst. You beg for salvation In the midst of a war… You beg to be heard Alone in the woods… You would die of thirst, floating On the ocean, between the waves and the sky. Blinded by the light of the sun. You would beg to be buried … Continue reading Untitled: Jordan Derkson
Let it Happen: Jo-Anne Paley
It was a day of global connection. Lulled by the charms of Winnipeg. Love began. Pleasing us. We listened to our hearts, whispering. Let it happen. We take our place in today’s chapter of history. At The Forks National Historic Site. We find ‘romance on the rails’ by retreating back 6,000 years in time. Stealing … Continue reading Let it Happen: Jo-Anne Paley
Sleep: James Adamson
To the Glory of God To Gwyneth with Love Sleep is the wood forms that support an archway while it is being built The arch supports itself after they are taken away Then water rises and the stones of the archway are submersed As if they are water as well Over time the water rises … Continue reading Sleep: James Adamson
Recollection: Cassandra Kulay
Quilts of clothes, balloons in the sky, so many ways to remember those who have died and left our sorrows to multiply. I talk to you and wonder where you are, do you glow like a shining star, a wise mystic whom nothing caustic can touch? Are you near or far, or both, a thin … Continue reading Recollection: Cassandra Kulay
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