Category: Starting Over

  • 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…

  • The Pain We Avoid Is the Life We Miss

    And I realize that so much of the time,we’re trying to avoid the very thingsthat will give us joyjust because we anticipatethe grief and pain of the later. So we withhold,distract,and remove any chanceto feel something beautifuljust to shield ourselvesfrom potential pain. The four paws next to mewill very unlikely outlive me,and I know there’s…