for my mom
(2014)
My mom is not dead, this was a writing prompt from a workshop I went to. It was great practice. I encourage you to try it: write a haiku about what you would say to a loved one while they are on their death bed.
So many facets of the mind make li… we can be so alive and feel like w… we can be dying and feel so alive we can have calm surroundings and… we can live a midst violence and h…
Wind screams silently Leaves shiver Why learn distance? Thoughts. Stay.
Human clashing to loud music Orchestrating the environment Into a house of play We won’t be here one day and that’s the point
Speaking up and Shutting up Finding a voice Finding many voices With tongues
Dreams dead. Hopes burned to shreds. Reality hit by a lightning bolt. Perceptions of an identity lost, Ego in revolt.
Let go of Ego Shake it out Laugh it off None of this is personal. Clouds rush by,
Dear Creation Force as Death Transformed, Hollow bones rattle songs in Your honor Overstuffed bugs hum
Walk in small steps and remember, We’re dancing we’re just dancing for those moments
What a chaotic storm life can be, as it leads to the occasional calm… I find myself situated in this sea… with so much clarity, for the fog… Why do I do what I do?
It’s said, when you close your eye… you can see the ones you love. No matter how far away they are. True love doesn’t rest in the brai… it lives in the heart.
Hi, this is the first time i’ve ta… Maybe i’m breaking the rules? (chuckles) i haven’t been too great at being… i will address you all more than o…
I am blessed with emptiness. A vessel to be filled then spilled all over humanity,
Like fire I’ll spark passion within your hea… alive and bright! Like water I’ll rinse you of insecurity and f…
The sun shines through the window… Warmth from the closed off house b… I lay on my couch with a mind ever… each thought wrapping around each… Attaining limitlessness is all new…
It feels like I’ve lived a lifeti… in a week. and this isn’t the first time. Time won’t stop to let me reconcile experience into being.