On safe ground
There are moments whenBeing seen or cared forYou meet relief Where your body feels safeNothing’s comingThat’s when it starts shaking It’s circulating fear, grief or tensionHeld in in freeze The …
I’ll take the stairs
I hate greeting my neighborsNot in generalTwo specifically For reasons they are not tellingThey are displeased with meI can see it in their faceI never feel welcomed We usually meet …
You can bite
When you’re a pleaserIt’s good to see that you can biteReassuring in fact That you respond under attackWon’t shut down or freezeYou live enough in your bodyFor your cells to …
Tinker tinker
Pick up pieces that fell appartIn ways you couldn’tDescribe or remember Hold them closeThey just happenTo come together In words you won’t comprehendThey will mendBlend in a new story Faith …
Fruits in my corner
I’ve tried it over and overIt works betterWhen I’ve got fruits in my corner Flour makes me feel drearyMesses with boundariesGets me defensiveSometimes painfully agressive I don’t need to eat …
Come to shelter Mama
You’ve done enoughMore than enough My hearts breaksWhen I hear your storyYou are pushing a cart of teaIn the middle of a war zone You’ve been toldTake care of the …
Water and other elements
I am WaterI am Flow I am SunshineI am Glow I am BreathI am Wealth I am SkyI am Land Let’s move togetherJust take my hand
One minute of Love
A friend asked in a dream I’m going through a rough patchSend me a minute of love everydayFor a month let’s say We don’t know each other wellAnd I trust …
This one thing
There’s this one thingYou’re stuck on You’ve been at it for yearsIt still doesn’t work You nudge and you dentResults are on the deep end Gather what you’ve learnedTreat it …
Practical maneuvers
When you don’t knowWhat to tell yourselfTo create something new Listen to people who doPractice in situationsThat don’t trigger you At any momentWhen none work outOr seem unaccessible Take your …
New scripts
BeginningsTo writing a new storyInclude listeningOther ways of talking Like new words you learnFor a foreign languagePractice phrasesYou never heard Beginnings require fresh sets of mindExpand, rewindPlay aroundGo way out …
Many options
When I feel stuck, freak outAnd my mind goes spinning I talk myself throughso many optionsI could apply easily « Well we could ….And also ….And even then we just might …
Move through shame
When you open aHeart that has beenClosed for (far) too long You might move throughShame and tensionAt times a whole lot Popping unannouncedShowing what you picked upFrom past memoriesUnfinished stories …
Rehabilitate error
With this one clientI messed up little tasksI usually get right A broken linkDoubling lines, spelling cracksLoose in how I programmedNext appointments This is unlike meUntil I realized I wasRehabilitating …
Please come in
Please come inStop excusing yourself of being hereIt lowers your energy Peaking in whileTaking 2 steps backIt’s unclear where you stand You might think we don’t careBut actually we doWhat …
Many little things
There are many little thingsThat aren’t coming throughAs I would like to Tensing me upSlightly uncomfortableLess than adorable Let’s make a listOf all the waysI would prefer going Create them …
Simple connections
What a peculiar weekWhere even my usualsWere unaccessible Everything felt overextendedA walk in the forestNightcap near the sea I had to take it down a notchTo the simplest Sit with …
Great Acoustics
Some spots in townHave great acoustics I sing a tune sometimesUnder archesIt’s pretty fantastic Enjoying my own concertSound swirling around When you want a day to turn magicalThat’s one way …
75 Things
When you want to expandYour horizonWrite down 75 thingsYou want to explore Today, tomorrowIn the next year or twoThey need only toMake sense to you There’s a moment whenYour mind …
First necessities
Your heart is a giverYour first necessityIs to find balance Include yourself in the givingIn fact you matterFirst When you come to listeningTo what you needNew ideas start forming That …
Hey, what’s going on ?
One of the reasonsYou carried it for so long Is because no one askedHey, what’s going on? They were closed offTo themselvesOut of tune withTheir own sensations They couldn’t see …
Delicate matter
Why does it keep repeatingHaven’t I done enough learning? There are nuances you areGradually moving through One thread at a timeSometimes two When it’s delicate matterIt’s all you can gather …
Counting in sunsets
It’s the time of yearWhere its warmerBrighter in and out I count my days inSunsets, sunrisesAnd nights out Ocean is callingTrails for exploringInviting adventure When I greet the SunRising over …
Catch the disconnected
If we could catch the disconnectedAs they go underGently bring them in With a hug or a nudgeDo it for one anotherWe have that power Let’s make times for regulatingStories …
Five to one
When you haveOverextended yourselfTo the point ofTaking care of all others first Put it in reverseBy going 5 to 1Do 5 things for yourselfThen 1 for someone else Apply the …
Under the weather
When you’re under the weatherLife peaces you together Lifts a corner onto a new realityAll the while releasing secretlyWhats overbearingTruly troubling Cheering some parts of youMore equally
Your voice matters
Wether a whisperIn confidenceAn idea you hold dear That once wasn’t welcomeYou dare not express again It wasn’t your idea or feelingsThe circumstancesDidn’t do the receiving Whatever happenedPlease considerYour voice …
Bold enough
Your Heart’s in the right placeYour moves not bold enough yet Ask for assistanceTo be shown how to shineWhere to assignEnergy and power When you’ve got no clueInvite an element …
Pennies in my corner
When I have a thoughtThat’s just rightRoots for meSupports new act I find a penny at theMoment of the energy So I look backA few thoughts behindWhat passed throughAt the …
Taken in deeper
This place you’re stuckYou think is happeningAll over again It’s widening your space You are taken in deeperTo details you need to seeA new level of clarity Move with it …