Food and memoriesareintertwined A delicious mealcan speak toyour heart I have childhood memoriespicking up pizzawith my fatherand gettingto eat a slice onthe way home My grandma’s saladwas everyone’s favoriteand more than twenty yearsgone, we stilltalk about it I remember waking upto the scent offrying bacon andfreshly made toast.my mother making sureto start our dayjust rightContinue reading “Food and Memories”
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The Sauce on the Stove
Every Sunday of my childhood looked like this. This poem is a tribute to my grandmother, whose love was stirred into every pot of sauce, sewn into every pair of slippers, and felt in every quiet, chaotic, perfect moment around the table. If you’ve ever had a Sunday that smelled like garlic and felt likeContinue reading “The Sauce on the Stove”
Zipper In The Sky
There’s a zipper in the sky,It’s only visible when you fly.Why not go through it to explore,It beckons like an open door. A quick decision must be made,We’re pulled to go, but we’re afraidWe’re anxious and we want to know,What will greet us if we go? We arrive on the other sideAre there rules weContinue reading “Zipper In The Sky”
Thread
life isblurred byeverydaychaos worklifefamilycompete forattention it’s hardto keeptracktostayfocused timeunravels thethreadthat ismylife theordinarystill requiresus to – breathe to survive
Ripples Erase the Past
The stillness of the pondpaints a picture of calm Reflections speak to themagnolia as its brancheshang just out of reach Silence encourageslife hidden from viewto come enjoy the day This old park,recently brought backto life, tendedby many sets of hands Uncovering stories oncetold, whispers shared,quick glances that said,I’ll always be near Vibrant colors infuseour moods,Continue reading “Ripples Erase the Past”
Palm Watch
I look out the window,to the top of a tall palm. The wind picks upand whips it across the window. Within moments, the windsettles, and the branchesare steady. Birds land among the branches,picking at a bunscavenged from a restaurant. A few feet from my face,I witness the beak tearingpieces of bread from the bun. TalonsContinue reading “Palm Watch”
Silence Speaks
Inspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night, this poem captures the contrast I’ve always felt in the painting, the swirling wind looks wild and intense, yet the scene feels deeply calming to me. In this acrostic reflection, I tried to echo that blend of motion and peace, where silence, wind, and starlight shape a quiet nightContinue reading “Silence Speaks”
Ordinary
I live within the ordinary. My lifecould be a copyof yours. Go to work,go home eat sleep. That is my ordinarylife. But – my job is different from yours,my family,my health,my wants, dreams, needs –are they different from yours? But-we all breathe,we all need sleep,warmth, nourishment,dreams. What makesan unordinarylife?
Nature’s Symphony
As I nestle under a huge pine, I watch the dimming light of the day. The colors slowly disappear while the shades of the evening welcome the night. Shadows dance across the trees as the light fades, declaring the changing of the guard. The crescent moon is peeking through the canopy of the tall pineContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony”
Do You Feel Music
Do you feelmusic inyour soul? Do you breathewith the beat—your body looseningas the music fades? Does the musiccatch inyour throat? Do your eyes dancewith the melody—your tears streamingin harmony? Do your shoulders liftwith the crescendo,then fallas the musicsettles in diminuendo? Can the musicerase the weightof your day? Can it calmyour mindso you can sleep? DoesContinue reading “Do You Feel Music”
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