when i saw our differences
as irreconcilable
i, too,
found no peace.
but when i saw them as merely
expressions of our pride
i knew
we could create
middle ground.
~
RNH
Friday, April 25, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
distortion
if you were taught to be the mirror
once you find yourself
you will look
for a reflection, too,
but if you search for yourself
in the wrong
kinds of people
you will find the image, also
distorting you.
~
RNH
once you find yourself
you will look
for a reflection, too,
but if you search for yourself
in the wrong
kinds of people
you will find the image, also
distorting you.
~
RNH
Monday, April 21, 2014
Without Bounds
You were not made
To hold your love inside
You were meant
To give it away
So when you feel yourself start
To splinter
Know, love is boundless
You will not break.
~
RNH
To hold your love inside
You were meant
To give it away
So when you feel yourself start
To splinter
Know, love is boundless
You will not break.
~
RNH
Traveler
When I go to a new place
I want to taste the food they eat
I want to see the land where they live
I want to learn the language they speak
When I visit a familiar place
I want to chat with old and new friends
I want to order my favorite dish
My favorite drink
Have it all at my fingertips
When I return again to my home
I want to cherish the time that I have
With the people I love
I want to travel, but always know
My heart stays wherever you are.
~
RNH
I want to taste the food they eat
I want to see the land where they live
I want to learn the language they speak
When I visit a familiar place
I want to chat with old and new friends
I want to order my favorite dish
My favorite drink
Have it all at my fingertips
When I return again to my home
I want to cherish the time that I have
With the people I love
I want to travel, but always know
My heart stays wherever you are.
~
RNH
Monday, April 14, 2014
perimeter
i have dreams of running
away, so you cannot leave
me, i
have nightmares
about opening
the door and finding
no one there
not even myself
isolated in an empty room
white, as the medicinal tape wrapped
over my wounds, red
as the cherry tongue that lies
to me, recklessly, sweetly
narcosis, repeating
the restless circuitry
of my dreams, keep
me click-clacking the locks and tracing
the lines around my voraciously
shrinking
perimeter.
~
RNH
away, so you cannot leave
me, i
have nightmares
about opening
the door and finding
no one there
not even myself
isolated in an empty room
white, as the medicinal tape wrapped
over my wounds, red
as the cherry tongue that lies
to me, recklessly, sweetly
narcosis, repeating
the restless circuitry
of my dreams, keep
me click-clacking the locks and tracing
the lines around my voraciously
shrinking
perimeter.
~
RNH
Pride
Pride
took out her boat
opened the sail
endeavored to leave the sadness
on shore
set out to row
braced for the wind and the rain and the storm
but met only the ocean
endless and boundless
vast as the ache that broke deep
in her heart and the waves spoke
of freedom, the fragility
to rise and fall, fearlessly
she turned back her boat
and steered
home.
~
RNH
took out her boat
opened the sail
endeavored to leave the sadness
on shore
set out to row
braced for the wind and the rain and the storm
but met only the ocean
endless and boundless
vast as the ache that broke deep
in her heart and the waves spoke
of freedom, the fragility
to rise and fall, fearlessly
she turned back her boat
and steered
home.
~
RNH
Friday, April 11, 2014
the blades
patient through the breaking light
the seedling waited, counting not
the passing days or endless nights
the sky transformed by will and thought
and each new cloud morphed into promise
possibility, as close as content
just as the blade pushed through the darkness
your fate is what you make of it.
~
RNH
the seedling waited, counting not
the passing days or endless nights
the sky transformed by will and thought
and each new cloud morphed into promise
possibility, as close as content
just as the blade pushed through the darkness
your fate is what you make of it.
~
RNH
Thursday, April 10, 2014
the process
the journey cut
in half
left extra
time to contemplate and puzzle
and rethink thought
rolling like dough, softly
between
my fingers, sometimes
needing the pound
of a fist
to process.
~
RNH
in half
left extra
time to contemplate and puzzle
and rethink thought
rolling like dough, softly
between
my fingers, sometimes
needing the pound
of a fist
to process.
~
RNH
at the entrance
there are so
many pairs of eyes
under so many
lights
they glitter
refracting their bending
lines, i
look at you
from between two
shoulders and the space
feels the same
as when i am
standing right next to you
entranced.
~
RNH
many pairs of eyes
under so many
lights
they glitter
refracting their bending
lines, i
look at you
from between two
shoulders and the space
feels the same
as when i am
standing right next to you
entranced.
~
RNH
Friday, April 4, 2014
river, long
the journey was a crooked line, a river
running through
and down a hill of fragrant flowers
waves of red and fuchsia bloomed
and heavy with their scent of heaven
richly tinted, changed the sky
so that the distance did not matter
as long as together, we
arrived.
~
RNH
running through
and down a hill of fragrant flowers
waves of red and fuchsia bloomed
and heavy with their scent of heaven
richly tinted, changed the sky
so that the distance did not matter
as long as together, we
arrived.
~
RNH
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