Don’t edit the demons — let them scream.
letting go
A January day that lives forever
In my mind —
I’ve tried a million
times to go back
to that day —
tried to change
my choices
begged a do-over
from the universe
I’ve crippled myself with
guilt
sorrow
thrashing the quicksand
sinking in
layers of grief
fighting a sticky web
trapped in
regret-regret-regret
I don’t even care about
my own
broken heart
I’m sorry
I broke yours
Chasing the past
Chasing the past, I stumbled into the future.
P.S. Thanks to Rebecca for letting me know that this quote was used in the television show Being Erica. In the episode “Plenty of Fish,”
Healing stronger
Scars tell us more about the future than the past, about how we can live strong despite any pain we’ve been through.
Water cycle
to cry is beautiful —
the beauty of one’s pain
leaving the heart
blackout poetry created from Maud Casey, The Man Who Walked Away, 2014
Fusion
Sometimes we can’t let go of the pain because we think it’s the only thing holding us together.
Release
the wisdom of age
takes root to blossom
in crevices of the brain
emptied by letting go
So simple
Sometimes my husband says really smart things. Today during a conversation on our lunch breaks, it was this—
Me: “How can I let go of something like that?”
Him: “Shift + Delete”
Counting blessings
You can’t count the bad things that happen. They don’t count against life. They are life. Only count the good things. Let every blessing strengthen you.
Knees down, heart open, head up
Sometimes, praying is releasing our pent-up, used-up life and making room in ourselves for new life.
Bartleby
How can something bother you if you won’t let it?
Woodard’s wisdom
“The cure… resign as general manager of the universe.”
—Rev. Jack Woodard, 1961
Soaring
Give your stress wings and let it fly away.