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The Crazy Days
There are times When my heart explodes in a supernova of adoration When I am overwhelmed with fierce protective instinct When I drown in the bliss of your presence. It is Too Much and Not Enough all at...
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You Are Here
You are here says the map. So I find my bearing. A plan to hold. Destination nearing, I’m feeling bold. You are here says the map. I squint my eyes and peer at ruts below. No finish line, not here....
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I Am From
I am from snow pants and toboggans, from stacks of library books and homemade mac ‘n cheese. I am from the big house on the corner, filled to the brim with friends and strangers and children always...
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The Unbearable Imposition of Beginning
Beginnings are tough. Before the beginning, that’s the good stuff. Flush with inspiration, Basking in the brilliance of idea, Success a mere breath away… The blank page is full of promise, destined for...
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Haiku Catchoo Christianity
I’ve been sidelined as a blogger. By winter colds and final school projects and the novel I vowed to write this month, but most of all, by my own overwhelming feeling of...
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Sinking
Hustle, Bustle Push, Pull Undertow Swirling currents Essential activities Unrelenting demands Faster, Faster Higher, Stronger Better, Bigger More I can’t touch bottom anymore. I’m not the strong...
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I Am Me: a poem for World Down Syndrome Day
Hello. It’s me. You can call me… sweetheart kiddo sunshine Call me… student equestrian swimmer Call me… artist dancer singer Call me friend. I am me. I am… charming stubborn silly I am… affectionate...
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Full of Sound and Fury
A swirl of bright colours and perfect faces; cheap laughs and predictable drama, where nobody knows your name. I’m drawn in, like a moth to its shiny doom. Here there are no expectations, no...
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Consumed
Alone in a crowd of friendly professionals masking desperate and exhausted with awkward quips and acts of conspicuous competence. As if I too must earn my credentials; A place at this examination...
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Ordinary Transcendence
Sometimes, it’s a good day. As entrenched as our family is in the business of Not-Dying, we need days like this. Even a moment like this. To remember the point of it all… To live. To breathe. To...
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