Posted in Aging, Angels, Death and dying, Mother, gratitude, grief, joy, love, memories, poetry, smile, sorrow, tribute to Mother, women, tagged grief, joy, love, Mother, poetry, smile on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I found a smile on my pillow.
This morning, I found a smile on my pillow.
I was positive I would not smile again.
Then the gratitude of your love nudged me awake.
I began my day with a bountiful heart
Filled with the memories of your loving ways.
All the distance between us was gone.
I embraced your kind Spirit.
I cuddled [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in 12 Step Program, Aging, Detachment, Father, Prayer, poetry, sorrow, surrender, tagged 12 Step Program, Detachment, Father, love, poetry on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
He said his father died
Two hours before the meeting.
(I know that if my Father had just died that
I would not have had the strength to be at a meeting.)
I caught my breath.
I could not breathe.
(I heard another voice saying
“Your Father has just died.”)
I am not in that place that I need
[...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in 12 Step Program, Detachment, love, poetry, recovery, seduction, sorrow, tagged "addicted to love", 12 Step Program, God, love, poetry on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
“Have I told you lately that I love you?”
Keeps going through my brain.
Why am I so angry.
Why am I so insane.
I can not deny the Denial
I can not say I do not think of you.
However, it is no reason to go back
Into the insanity.
I distance myself.
Then, your smile takes me away.
It is dangerous.
I cannot stay.
I [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in poetry, sorrow on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
In the hours
after midnight
On the lonely empty street
Stands a lamppost.
A sentry for the policeman
As he walks his lonely beat.
It is a signpost
For the hooker
Who hopes you will stop
And buy her a drink.
It wasn’t always so.
She had a baby, husband
But she had to go
To the quiet after midnight
And the lonely
Empty street.
-mhf
Read Full Post »
