Teach Me Tuesday Meets The Quatern (TMT for 1/17/23) — Dark Reflections Waiting for an invitation Sorrow set within bleak display Urging me to wallow within Tepid pools of broken dreaming Leaning into seeing myselves Waiting for an invitation Many eyes smiling back at me Signaling my demise has come Resigned, I move into my fate Seeking to end the lies I speak Waiting…

I Am A Doohickey In A World Of What-cha-ma-call-its — Enfolded Labels define us Beauty boxed into false frames Call me doohickey Commentary This was a prompted piece, but it got me thinking about labels and how we sometimes are boxed in by them. When I accept a label for myself, I am giving others a lens to see me, but their lens is different than mine, and so misunderstandings can occur. But if I don’t use them, I have to explain who I am to everyone I meet. So, the middle road, perhaps, is to allow the labels but share with the curious/courageous ones who press in for more…

Teach Me Tuesday Meets The Breccbairdne (TMT Update for 1/10/23) — Many Lights Alone, lights blaring Approaching and glaring Sideways glances staring Can I keep this caring Blind me with vision Put me on a mission Hoping that I fission Bringing our division They make work lighter Feeling so much righter Make us a true fighter Future now so brighter Commentary In this weeks…

Poetry From The Inside Out — Us Apart we are nothing Motes afloat among the spires Free to be ourselves And… Empty Incomplete Coveting Yearning Dreaming My best life Only happens When I hear your heart When I see your love When I know your joy When we become Us Commentary This was in response to a BATTLE…

Teach Me Tuesday Meets The Rimas Dissolutas (TMT Lesson For 12/20/22) — Dark Duet (a) I dreamed a better dream (b) Where we were together (c) Dancing in our reason (d) Our truth one reflection (a) Water for single stream (b) Dark and light forever (c) You came in your season (d) Pinnacled perfection (a) Birthed you with a scream (b) Entwine now and tether (c)…