I celebrated my 58th year of life yesterday! Congratulations to me! I'm still here! Although 58 is not that old, it may seem kind of bizarre to you for me to say "I'm still here". But there is a reason that I'm very conscious of that every year. You see, I've had two sisters in…
There’s an ache that keeps me up at night That wakes me In the deep of the fourth watch The silence is deafening Empty Quiet But I’m not alone I can feel Him Present Very near He’s there Keeping watch over my heart Keeping watch over the ache in my soul The loneliness that owns…
He was a beautiful man Harsh Cruel at times Separate He doled it out We lived it Absent But so beautiful I adored him Loved him Hated him Feared him Needed him Revered and respected him I can see Now from a distance He was lost Afraid Angry Terrified more like it But you would…
The darkness of anger It’s what I feared Feared that if it spoke Would rage Would resent Would never stop Photo by Lucy Chian on Unsplash The silenced ones They disappear Into the dark Familiar, horrible comfort Of hiding Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Righteous indignation For the dishonor Of hearts Of love Without…
Unchained Tongues, is poetry with a purpose. There are stories of the bruised that cry out to be known. Voices that have long been silent. Lives untold, squelched by shame. Now, shame gives way to dignity in suffering and pain, hope in captivity and celebration of resilience! To honor the sacred, validate the truth and…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I want to start off by saying thank you for following my blog! I am humbled by the fact that I could have anything to say that anyone would want to hear. It's an extreme honor to be given the gift of words and communication and I pray I honor God and…
If those walls could talk They wouldn't sing but weep Of days gone by Of a secret kept A girl who mourns While a mother slept Wept herself Of the terrors deep Within the closet of her own skeletons Childhood hunger Never fed Her sunken hope In a sea of pain If those walls could…
In the night watch My love is scaling the wall To come and find me To come and hold me close In the Darkness His love is shining the light To my freedom To the end of night And my eyes are looking for him And my heart is beating wild for him And my…
Day by day She served and mourned Such pretty hands Such sorrowful form Eyes deep with hope lost Such hope lost for herself But saved for her babies Oh when she looked at them Hope alive With promise Told them of a confidence She did not yet process But one day would Fierce and strong…
I'm very excited to reveal the studio version of a song that had been lost for several years. I wrote it many Christmas's ago and recorded it in the studio with a little help from a friend. I knew the recording existed but had been unable to find it until just a few days before…
I love winter. I revel in the stillness and find solace in the quiet. All of life seems to slow done, except maybe during the Christmas holidays where it can get pretty crazy in everyone's house. But even then, there is a return to simplicity, joy and rest. A season of anticipation, a gathering of…
