I apologize for my silence here this past month.
A lot has happened and I've not been in a stable frame of mind.

To use a tired metaphor,
the rug was yanked out from under me
and my life took a drastic tumble.

But I've finally stood up
dusted myself off
and straightened my bedragglements.

I've prepared myself to step into a new section of my life,
and I refuse to cut poetry from it.
It is far too important to me.

So starting now
I will reinstate this daily blog.
And if I am ever forced to put it on pause again
I will warn you.
This site will not go dark again in silence.

Thank you for your time.
Let's step into this new year full of words
and a refusal to be silent!

Worlds fly by in mere moments.

Ages come and gone
before we're even able to comprehend them.

How does on navigate a stream of time
when there is no hint of a damn
no regulation to keep it from overtaking you?

Maybe one day
I'll learn this secret.
Until then
​I'll just keep being dragged away.

Sometimes, the world tries to swallow you.
It throws all of the mistakes you've ever made in your face
and shrieks in your ears until you crumble.

Yes, you've made mistakes-
as has every person ever-
But they do not determine who you are
as long as you strive to learn from them.

Yes, they are blemishes on your record,
but there's nothing you can do to scrub them away.
All you can do
is take a deep breath and a step
toward where you are going next.

Green eyes glimmering
behind polished leaves of stone.
Do you see them too?