by Nancy | 16 Jun 2023 | Poetry
I lost my mum .. (and again) .. I lost my mum Where did she go? I lost my mum Little girl, in distress, then sadness and disappointment She’s anxious, a nervous back and forth unfolds Disbelief about perceived betrayal Where is my mum? Where is my mum, she asks...
by Nancy | 29 Sep 2022 | Poetry
wordstoo many wordswords become sentencessentences become stories,the stories we tell ourselvestoday, tomorrow, our whole life be they truebe they notthey remain just thatstories not factsthey are not the clear blue skiesor the meadows filled with humming beesthey are...
by Nancy | 10 Dec 2021 | Hospice, Poetry
Ithaka (Greece) – Source- Wikimedia Commons Today, I was sitting with a woman who’s mind was fading in and out. Once in a while, her dull blue eyes would make way for a flicker of light and excitement as me or her said something silly, or we looked at each...
by Nancy | 21 Nov 2021 | Poetry
Strike the match Light in Dark Starts with thought There it is Tend to the flame and fuel your own Creation Am I Fire? Is Fire me? We fuel each other until we both are free
by Nancy | 28 Oct 2021 | Poetry
CS Lewis wrote in 1948 about the atomic bomb. It feels to me that these days, just as much as back then, we are forced to be living in a time of fear. Fear is instilled by the media, and force fed to us all the time, giving us very little time for our own...
by Nancy | 30 Jun 2021 | Hospice, Poetry
Now I may rest My battle is over I no longer need to fight everything and everyone, including myself I have done it all on my own no need no more It’s time to reach out ask for support Rest my child You will be fine You know you will There’s peace now...
