Her smiling face looked so sweet,… We first established boundaries an… Our hearts were open and our minds… I would be smitten under different… I’m not sure how she’ll remember m…

Dark, cold obsidian black, and fie… Earth’s nurture absorbed by the li… Tap root reaching downward anchori… Fallen cosmic magic drawn inward -… Family tree, tree of life

Ignoring riptide warnings, acting… Swept away by the current and poun… The stakes are high; a matter of l… Doing battle with Poseidon, gaspi… Finally surrendering to fate, I s…

Alone together Joined in crowded solitude Birds of a feather Quiet introspection Ignoring each other’s pain

While I am older, I still have much to learn from yo… Thanks for your labor!

A tearful memory of dreams unreconciled in our present-day reality

Curiously known stranger, unfamiliarly familiar, soul mate encounter.

Love opens hearts and makes sprits… Love is a battlefield, love is war Emotional labor, labor of love Verbal poke and emotional shove We roll up our sleeves and work on…

Dull aching pain begins in my lowe… Triggering behavior that could wa… It moves up my torso to the bottom… Pushing up on my lungs like a medi… Breathing shallow breaths –my lung…

Powerful old white man demanding a… Does it matter if below the surfac… Little boy, frightened child. His sense of security defiled. On undependable adults he must rel…

When we first met I saw your ligh… Unaccustomed to the brilliance,… But I stood my ground, when in th… Hoping our love was too hot and br… A powerful woman and embodiment of…

Single mother struggling valiantly… Carrying heavy burdens, you are bl… You are a heroine.

Our souls fit together like two pu… When we’re together we do that whi… When we’re apart we sometimes forg… But, when we’re together we’re eac… We are connected eternally

Suffering adheres to Eight-fold fears Pleasure, pain Loss, gain Praise, blame