Category: Connection
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Her name
is Serpentine, and no, I don’t really know her. She’s a woman now, having outlived much of this story when she was a child. Serpentine: gifted, smart, athletic, and a good human, with a badly curved spine. Serpentine with parents who simply said: “Not on our watch.” Serpentine who travelled to a foreign country “to…
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Dear friend
this too shall pass. And NO it won’t take you, with it. YOU are magic and stardust and bubbly on wet grass. YOU are wisdom, and wonder and strength, and deeper than the dark water you refuse to swim in. YOU are mine, partly, as I long to be there. To hold your hand, and…
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How to be loved
and other fantastical skills for retiring ninjas. Step 1. Be in your body. Grounded. You already know about foot placement, and transferring your energy into the earth through the soles of your feet. Do it. Step 2. Hone your senses. Your peripheral vision has been perfected over multiple decades, as has your muscle memory. Lean…
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She is my favourite
thing. Although she is neither mine, nor a thing. I have loved her in bouts and spurts, with crashed bicycles and stolen fruit, for her entire life, and most of mine. We have been apart, not realising the emptiness inside and between us. We have been together, luxuriating in each others’ company, and we have…
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The early morning
light licks the edges of the world back to life. I drive slowly, the dark uneven streets, and sense of general neglect setting my senses on edge. I notice him, just before taking the corner. Shoulder length, I think, grey hair. Seems tall, lying there in the shadows. I stop the car and really look.…
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There’s a lock
there’s a key. Ain’t no-one who’s got a hold on me. Tattoos. Visible reflections of a life lived. Sometimes in earnest, and other times in sadness… O blue bird of happiness. Other times in defiance. Daggers cut deeper than any human betrayal could. Occasionally for the betterment of self and soul: om mani padme hum.…
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Every life
needs a pretzel, a bretzel, or perhaps even, a lobster. That special being, someone, thing, event, experience, both to look forward to, and back on. Those things that anchor us in our humanity. This unique experience in our soul’s current flesh covered canoos. So today, when you have that moment, over coffee, or perhaps in…
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Old friend
how good it is to hear of your fortune and happiness, of the joy you share, of opportunity and abundance. Dear friend, thank you for your impact and imprint on my path; gratitude, peace, and love to you and yours. ~Lu
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Be still
and know that the life you so desperately crave is there, waiting to unfurl, from deep inside you. Be you, and know that you are enough, to create and enjoy all the bounty you desire. Be free, in your own heart, in your own mind: dream, for that is where all creation starts… ~Lu
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There’s a sweetspot
just before you fall asleep. Your breathing regulates and becomes almost melodic… Slow and deep. I sit quietly listening, enjoying this intimate moment devoid of frills and pretense. The comfort of strangers, at once becoming a very real place. ~Lu