Oh weren’t you a special one! His heart must have fluttered and ached at the same time when you were fashioned and woven in your mother’s womb. I do not write this to bring justice. I do not write this to dramatize the idea of you. Too many bygones have become exaggerated legends for the…… Continue reading ‘S’ is for Gold
Whenever I hear someone say “I have no regrets,” my eyebrows twitch and itch to be raised. The two look at each other, wag their tails and do a little swim routine. My nose flares up and it wants to join the whole circus but my mouth pulls the sides back down. “Oh mouth, you…… Continue reading No regrets
I used to be extremely confused about Humility, the virtue. Not the culture, not the norm but the actual virtue where our motive, our heart and our intention was concerned. Was it to disregard our strengths and to keep it in the dark? Was it to esteem others more gifted, stronger, “luckier”, lovelier, and more…… Continue reading Baby steps
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways… For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face..” 1 Corinthians 13 (11-12) When I was a child I looked into a spotless…… Continue reading In retrospect
I can almost touch it, feel it, and breathe it in,
That sweet smell of victory,
I live this moment, To think why I do so, Another to left this pen and write my thoughts, Yet another to blink, close my eyes, And hear the leaves rustle, Breathing and feeling the soft breeze climbing, Nourishing my skin Silence, a moment has passed, A second has disturbed this silence, With the howling…… Continue reading Time
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