Category: Starting Over

  • Coffee and the Last Nail

    I looked down.There was your name. Knowing there wasn’t much more to say. Coffee? The thing I loved most.Coffee.And usually, good conversation. But my mind knewa conversation with youwould mean so much more than that. I could feel the attemptto fix something so broken.Something I knew was too far gone,but you still hoped we could…

  • The Loneliness Isn’t What Gets You

    Starting over is one of the most peaceful things that can happen to you. You discover the quiet joy of your own company while simultaneously learning that being alone can still feel incredibly lonely. But the loneliness itself isn’t what gets you. It’s the wondering if you will always be alone.

  • Navigating Divorce Grief: Memories and Healing

    A poem about divorce grief, old love, wedding memories, starting over, and the strange way the past can still find you years later.

  • All Along

    Calmly confused,I came here askingthe same questions. They led me to a roomand told me to believewhat I could not see. I asked,When will I see?When will I know?When will the stories mean something? Then I left it.Set it downlike a bookI did not yet know how to read. Carried onas if forgettingwas freedom. But…