Strength

strength isn’t about being strong.
It’s about being vulnerable.

-gws

Where I Need to Be

I am right where I need to be, doing exactly what I need to be doing in the time that needs to be taken.  The future doesn't stress or worry me.  The next, right step does, so I will take my time, and place my feet carefully.  I will make decisions studiously.  I will trust myself and my Higher Power to push me toward  the things that need to be done in the necessary time.

-gws

Curiosity

I choose to approach the world with curiosity instead of cynicism.
Open-mindedness leaves room for expansive thinking and more positive-feeling experiences.
-gws

Afternoon Sunshine

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It feels so good to be seen
To be treated as valuable
To be appreciated
It is nice to sit in the warmth of that familiar, afternoon sunshine 
To laugh
To speak
To be heard by an open heart
To be cared about
Even if it is just for a breath
For in that breath is all the oxygen I need to keep going a little longer
-gws

Numb

I am a shorted circuit
Blown out and useless
Pushed beyond my capacity to function
Unable to manifest an ounce of energy
Burnt ozone the only proof
That I blazed bright
Before I met my limit
And succumbed completely 
To my efforts to keep the lights on
Forever numb

-gws

Elemental

I am drawn by the fire
I talk to the wind
I heal in sweet waters
With Earth I am kin

-gws

My Own Happy

Just for today, I will be the someone who makes me happy.

-gws

Reckoning

Voices rose in sharp keening
The dry grass caught
And the world began to burn
Ancestors' voices whispered in their ears
As they focused their rage into a reckoning

-gws

Consequences

Men can spread themselves like weeds in a wind storm
and women must endure the consequences
-gws

You are a Storm

You said I was your rock
But rocks succumb
To weather and water
And you are a storm
-gws