Unexpected

I wrote this for someone actually after a really intense week and things were said on both sides and now I'm embarking on a really epic and fantastic journey that is scaring me and thrilling me at the exact same time. Never before have I felt so wildly alive and for the first time in forever, my emotions are running fast, wild and deep. I don't know where it will go. I don't know what will happen but dear God it's exciting!

Life is full of surprises

Some good some bad

Some make us happy

While others make us sad.

Sometimes surprises

They come from the skies

Welcoming hellos when there are

Goodbyes.

If you open your eyes

And see what’s before,

You tend to realize

Life’s worth living for.

When in your gaze

Someone might appear

A person, a friend,

Whom you’ve always held dear.

Then something changes,

For the better I think,

Excited for everything,

I stand on the brink.

I see someone there,

Someone who makes me feel tall

Someone I’m getting to know

Someone for whom I’m starting to fall. 

Freedom's song

This was inspired by the book "City of Ember" my seventh graders are reading. The assignment was to write a poem that discusses Lina and Doon's adventure and what they see when they finally escape. The kids thought it was too deep and too metaphorical but they appreciated it. They also pointed out that I write poetry with very little punctuation. I told them I'm like Shakespeare. 

The rushing wind
Brushes against a face
The sweet smell of freedom
A gift from God's grace.

A soft sound of music
Found in a bird's song
Different from silence
For it the ear longs.

The bright ray of sun
Pierces the night
Making the heart
Feel ever so bright.

The rhythmic song
Of a heart full of hope
Making the fears
Somehow easier to cope.