Category: grief

A Neighborhood Cat

My friend, a neighborhood cat I named Charles. The Neighborhood Cat A year ago, a gray tabby chose me. Not completely. Not all at once. Just enough to start a friendship. Then he disappeared. Part of that was circumstance. Part of it was fear, and whatever fragile bridge we were building collapsed before it was…

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PTSD Triggered

Over the past few months, I seem to have drifted away from the original purpose of this blog, and I owe my readers an apology. My mental health has been in a very difficult place lately. I was unexpectedly triggered by news stories involving the USS Abraham Lincoln, the USS George Washington, and other vessels….

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Day 1

Number of days sober: 1 I desire to be sober again. Escaping hasn’t worked; it is time to try something new. Pausing for a moment of reflection, it isn’t that escaping didn’t work, it is that I outgrew the tool. I have things I would like to do and they are better done sober.

By Your Side

Your news hit me and my wall came tumbling down, You lay there on the gurney, Calm and serene in chaos, Tubes and wires beeps echo through the passageways, IV hooked to life support, You lost to consciousness through all this effort, Holding your hand tightly a tear slips down, Fear churning inside, Questions and…

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Steadfast

I stood against the wall, Steadfast and secure, Tide surged out carrying tears, Heart in hand, Looking across the sandy expanse, Life, here, Here I am again, On lonely shores, Full of cheer, Shouts of jubilee, Life flows journeying onwards.

Internal Geography

Thank you to everyone reading from more than fifty countries. This blog has always been about the inner world — the storms, the deserts, the caves, the oceans we carry inside us. Wherever you’re reading from, I invite you to walk these inner landscapes with me and share in the journey they reveal. If you’ve…

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Internal Geography:

I am so excited to announce the publication of my newest poetry collection!