Sometimes life gives honey
and other times, stings;
Sometimes we need roots—
and other times, wings.
—Terri Guillemets
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Sometimes life gives honey
and other times, stings;
Sometimes we need roots—
and other times, wings.
—Terri Guillemets
Reality is irritatingly obstinate
and so very gosh darn’d sticky!
—Terri Guillemets
Even the sun can’t shine on an entire world at once.
—Terri Guillemets
The secret to wellness is being your own guardian angel.
—Terri Guillemets
Keep a diary even if you rip it up every night.
—Terri Guillemets
poetry is combat—
soul verses world
—Terri Guillemets
her head was cracked —
not tragically, just poetically
it’s how the poems got in —
and out
—Terri Guillemets
Music echoes rhythms of the universe
Music is audible time
Music is past meets present
Our heartbeats are the drums of life
We dance to life, not music
—Terri Guillemets