Poetry musings from my life experiences
Healing through writing
Crash was written in the immediate aftermath of a good time gone bad. Channeling those the thoughts and feelings after witnessing a violent outburst helped provide me an out of body perspective of what was happening.
Writing this in that moment helped me get through the feelings and process them.
The most surprisingly small things can hurt the most
Again here, this poem reflected my mind while actively dealing with a burn I had sustained on New Years Eve while handling a sparkler.
It was the tiniest point injury, like I was poked by a pen, but caused so much ongoing pain for hours through the night. With enough cold applied and enough time, the pain subsided. And still enjoyed the evening as best I could!
Living in the present is a constant challenge
It’s very easy to get caught in the past. Good things happen and those can become hard to let go of. Other times, bad things happen and you want to forget.
But all that being said, the amazing thing, is that at any moment, even right now, you can tap into living in the current moment. And in this moment, you could be doing anything you want. In fact, you could be working towards taking steps towards your wildest dreams. So go get out there and stop reading this!
Sometimes, you can have a breakthrough
I don’t regularly meditate, but sometimes I remember to and am present enough to go for it. It had probably been at least a year, and I found myself giving myself the time. And during this time, it happened. In a guided meditation, I found myself in a relaxed state of calm, enjoying it and started to visualize a beautiful place I had been before.
And I realized, I hadn’t been to that place since a traumatic event had happened there. A place that had meant so much to me became a place where part of me was left. And I found that part of me I had left there, and realized everything is going to be ok.
Sometimes, you get lucky
Every once in a while, you see something truly beautiful. These things take you to the present moment, if only for a moment.
And sometimes you don’t
We lost a good family friend early in 2024. It seemed it was heading in that direction. I wanted to send them a handwritten letter, and I wrote it, but it needed to be re-written cleanly and I wanted to mail it.
But then it was too late. The pain of the loss, accentuated. Writing about the experience helped me put words to my feelings.
You’ve still got it
People like to see others fail, just as much as they like to see people to succeed. We are social, impressionable beings. It’s so easy to be pushed off course by sometimes the littlest things. And it may not have even been the intention of that person to do so. But even if it was, you still have potential. You can, if you believe in yourself.
