Poetry

  • Overwhelm

    Thoughts racing that I can’t hold back too much to do too little time Guilt. Anxiety. Fear. I don’t do enough I can’t be enough I am not enough I try to breathe. My chest tightens. I feel dizzy. The room starts to spin. I can’t catch my breath. ~~~~~ I try to remember what…

  • Tell me it’s okay to fly

    Tell me it’s ok to fly when everyone else is on the ground Tell me it’s not wrong to try even though others don’t understand why I can’t stay where they are 🕊️🕊️🕊️ Tell me it’s ok to touch the sky to keep reaching upwards Tell me I needn’t comply with how others think I…

  • Sunset in Utah

    Baby blue fading  into darkening violet  layered with plush looking pink white clouds aloft wispy and dwindling the blue sky above still barely lit  for the hazy sun  has not yet exited  by dipping below  the steady horizon one last display  of pastel colors before night pulls  her dark cloak  over the painted sky. ©…