There are times the heart is so heavy, it becomes physically hard to breathe. Cry it out at night when your daughter sleeps, she must not see. Put it to sleep during the day, they must not meet.Dreams are to be left as misty peaks because everything is truly in vain during a lifetime. What…… Continue reading Flicker
I stand before you my saviorI’m bold and confident in my filthWhere and what can i hide from youWhat I do not even know, you have known about me from the beginning;Will your mercy be written in the sand for me? I stand in rage my Lord,Rage at my flesh which reeks of sin the…… Continue reading Scarlet Rope
What do you want to be when you grow up? I’d always say a doctor because I’d get the smile and the ‘nod.’ Somehow it boosted my self-esteem and I felt like a smart kid with a bright future for that moment. In my heart, I actually loved house work. I loved to cook, clean,…… Continue reading The tears dried in the sun
My praise for you starts in the fog lest I sin and my praise turn into a curse when a storm marches in. How small my life seems now as each day passes that I gaze at your beauty. You lead me in your path and if I were to doubt which way to go,…… Continue reading The wings of love
I’ve wanted to write. Oh, how I wanted to write. To spill out the stunned me. To gather the torn me. How for 28 years I’ve been so sheltered in my thoughts, I’ll always be baffled. This world zaps me every single time. The outward working of the wicked inward dwarf will never cease to…… Continue reading Battleship
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,
Dechen 