LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE RAINBOW

I DONT WANT TO DIE

I don’t want to die; but if I do; I hope my spirit lands on the wing of a butterfly Floating from bloom to bloom, enveloped in their perfume. I don’t want to die; but if I do; I hope my spirit rides the back of a fierce jungle cat Slyly stalking my prey behindContinue reading “I DONT WANT TO DIE”

She’s There

Sometimes, driving backroads with my favorite song blaring, I see her. I catch glimpses of her in the rearview mirror, her smile, the old sparkle in her eye. When an old jazz tune plays, while standing at the kitchen sink, I hear her hum. The unguarded spirit pouring through her body, and out her mouthContinue reading “She’s There”

Lion And Lamb

I know the lamb; the lion led me to him.

The Angel’s Dilemma: Love and Duty

And so it goes day after dreadful day

She finds them, as their time has come

To help them cross over and on their way.

There’s never alot of discussion

Afterall, there isn’t much left to say

ODE TO ELEANOR

It’s the cheeks for me I say as I show her photo But it’s much more than that It’s what she makes me see It’s what I now know But it’s much more than that It’s her ice-cream smeared lips And her little baby laughs But it’s much more than that It’s the way sheContinue reading “ODE TO ELEANOR”

A Thousand Deaths

I didn’t mourn your death I mourned the life you’d reject I mourned the humor you lost I mourned the intellect it cost You died a thousand small deaths before you took your last breath One long continuous exhale year after year All life squeezed out, expunged by fear Flashes of spit, blood smeared, voicesContinue reading “A Thousand Deaths”

This Is Me

I used to dream about being Wonder Woman. I wore my costume everyday. I chased the horizon, running barefoot through the cotton fields my pawpaw tended. I snuggled in the tractor tires and basked in the sun on hot summer days. I set out on my bike each day and created my own world. IContinue reading “This Is Me”

Riding Naked: Celebrating 50 Years of Adventure and Loss

I fully intend to live the rest of my life creating memories worth sharing long after I’m gone. I want my granddaughter to one day hold a picture of me up to her friends and say, “You know, my Oma did the wildest, craziest things!”

A Chair For My Mother; Validation For My Heart

even though we did not have alot of money, that little cottage in the alleyway saw lots of growth, lots of laughs and more love than imaginable.

AMAZING GRACE AND A LIL PETER PAN IN ALL OF US

Oh Reading Rainbow, if you didn’t do anything else; you gave a little poor girl in the Mississippi Delta hope and the courage to be a little different from everyone else. I grew up on mostly dirt road (there are some sections that are paved) with the nearest neighbor my age about 1/2 mile away.Continue reading “AMAZING GRACE AND A LIL PETER PAN IN ALL OF US”