Survival and Renewal

After scorching fire,
green tendrils emerge from ash,
a new growth cycle.

Fire does not stop life.
What endures may be stronger.
First, it must survive.

After survival,
easing the path to thriving
becomes then the goal.

Open Letter to My Body -- When It and Hope Fail Me

 You have betrayed me.
I regret feeling this way.
It is a fact though.

I lament knowing
I cannot depend on you
to ease me through life.

I grieve at being placed
in a Me versus You stance.
Divided we fall.

This I Believe*

I do not know how
I will manage to endure,
but I trust I shall.

I tap into roots
spiritual and grounded.
My center will hold.

Faith in renewal
anchors my spirit in hope
my life will be blessed.

*encore

Why

Did you ever ask,
why did it happen to me?
Why oh why oh why?

Did you find answers?
Or none at all though you tried
lifting every stone?

Did you stop asking?
Acknowledging there may be
no answers at all.

On My Journey

Facing stiff headwinds,

I tack and then tack again

but keep losing ground.

The losses pile on.

New normals replace old ones,

scarce time to adjust.

To find peace I pray,

"teach me how to live like this"  *

and to do it well.

* Robert Parker

Falls

Orchid petals waft
from their airy loft in trees,
drifting down to grass.

My falls rarely glide
to a cushioning surface,
brain and bones at risk.

Lacking orchid grace,
my last fall injured a rib.
It hurt when I moved.

Testing Fortitude

Life can turn into
Olympic trials to test
fortitude and will.

To give in or not,
to insist on finding joy,
life will test all that.

Am I foolish for
being cussedly stubborn
in not giving up?

A Whole Lot of *#@!!

*#@!! *#@!! *#@!! *#@!! *#@!!

It has been that kind of week.
Peace proved elusive.

In a stranglehold,
computer and health issues
vexed and frustrated.

The aggravation
seeped into all parts of life,
compounding the stress.

This I Believe — Encore

 

I do not know how

I will manage to endure,

but I trust I shall.

I tap into roots

spiritual and grounded.

My center will hold.

Faith in renewal

anchors my spirit in hope

my life will be blessed.