A Winter Soul In Spring

Spring has arrived
Birds sing sweetly
In quickening branches bursting with blooms 
My winter soul peers out of bleary eyes
Before I pull the covers over my head

-gws

Buffets

I don’t know what I’m doing 
I don’t know how to adult 
Waking up everyday to 
Some new unknown challenge 
I’ve been told that God doesn’t 
Give you more than you can handle 
They don’t tell you God lays out
A buffet of mild to spicy experiences
I don’t think I’m a fan of buffets

-gws

Bubble

Hope is a soap bubble dancing in the air long past when it should have burst

-gws

On Carpenter Bees

Isn't it funny how carpenter bees think themselves no less dainty than honey bees?
They faithfully believe the flower will support them even when the stem bends toward the ground.
They aren't exactly wrong.

-gws

Counterpoint

I am looking for the counterpoint to my melody
A voice both hauntingly harmonic and intriguingly independent
That when blended with mine creates a masterpiece

-gws

Spring

The days grow longer
Promised manifestation
Renewal and hope

-gws

Done

“I am done,” is the quietest, most power-filled sentence in a woman’s lexicon.

-gws

Not It

“Not it!” I say
Not I
Not me
Not this time or any will it be

I cannot take your heart from you
I know not what to do with it
I will not take your heart from you
Please do not make a gift of it

I cannot be the one you seek
There is no love in me to reap
So I will go and let you keep
The heart you meant for me

-gws

Significant Other

My significant other 
Is more other than significant now
I wish I felt better about this fact
I do not miss the now of him
I’m still in love with the then of him
When love knocks you can never know 
The beauty or horror in its entourage 
You believe love can conquer all
And learn that love is often not enough 
My significant other left
A significant mark on me
That is hardly insignificant 

-gws

A Tuesday Morning

Listening to a physicist waxing poetic 
In a live stream about theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, 
Philosophy, US politics, Mandela Effects, and more
As he stands in front of the Large Hadron Collider
While I drink a perfect cup of coffee and start my Tuesday
My soul and my brain are extraordinarily happy

-gws