Stop Seeking
Seeking happinessCannot lead to peacefulnessContentment is joy Haiku bjb Continue reading Stop Seeking
Category: Poems
Salt
The size of your vessel (body, mind, spirit) dictates your capacity, your resilience for life. Grandmother said– Add a teaspoon … Continue reading Salt
The Veil is Thin
The veil is thin nowI can feel my relativesHear their whisperings Tio I hear youThe auntie we called uncleOur other … Continue reading The Veil is Thin
Together
While we were shaking our fistsAnd writing lettersAnd raising our voicesAnd donating moneyAnd marchingWe were also knittingAnd weavingAnd paintingAnd raising … Continue reading Together
Waves
OCEAN I am both ocean and wave DeepStillImperturbable and EnergeticChurningInteractive You can’t know the peaceOf the oceanBy trying to soothe … Continue reading Waves
Waning Moon
There isn’t any time leftFor baby showersOr Tupperware partiesI haven’t any minutes to wasteOn polite conversation with strangersHave your high … Continue reading Waning Moon
Cry
I cry oftenA silent welling upWith tears spilling overOr ugly sobbingIt’s just the way I’m wired… When a child is … Continue reading Cry
Door After Door
There is this drive for accomplishment,A sense that something must be achievedOr a drive for adventureA sense that there is … Continue reading Door After Door
Brambles
I was pruning roses todayAnd thought about the grooming of childrenHow we can starve them of nurtureUntil the smallest drop … Continue reading Brambles
Freedom
This freedom that we prizeIs a false flagWe have never been free–Not in our mother’s wombNot with the cutting of … Continue reading Freedom
