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An epiphany. Moment Mine For one momentWhen time moved with unerring precisionAnd the moon shone with the sun’s brillianceWhen the thick fog clearedAnd heaven and earth shared one essence For the momentWhen a heart felt all it couldAnd a spoken word said it allWhen my existence became the worldAnd moved into eternity With the momentThe…
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Another one from 1989. I had seen a news story about the children of the Smoky Mountain in The Philippines. The smoky mountain was a trash heap and the smoke was from the occasional methane fire that would erupt in the decomposing trash. Small children would shift through the trash looking for anything that could…
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This one was written in April of 1989. There was attempt to gentrify the older neighborhoods of my town. Back then it was the poor side of town. Then, as it is now, a community of People of Color. A History Forgotten Sorrow fills meIn remembranceof what can never beDefeated before a single battleIn a…
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I have been using writing as a therapeutic tool for many, many years. I recently cleared an upper shelf in my garage and found a box of old writings. Many were clearly just meant to get some thoughts out of my head. But some, a few, were worked pieces that are a clear representation of…
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We are all born with a set of basic truths. Not basic life facts, but basic truth. The basic facts of where we were born and when are not connected to the basic truths of who we are. Not even into what family defines self truths. Self truths are who we are within ourselves, who…
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Self-care isn’t about a bubble bath in a pristine bathroom and using the right skin care products. Self-care isn’t even knowing your self-worth. Self-care is understanding you have self-worth. It’s the understanding that you are worthy of your own time and energy, even if that time and energy is in short supply. Especially if they…
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My family is comprised of different species. I am bound to humans, canines, felines, and reptiles. We connect in different ways at different levels, but they are all seen as deserving of care, consideration, and respect. They hold their own place in the world, especially in my world. With my humans, I share a rocky…
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