Lu Unfiltered

Tag: sadness

  • When (5)

    the craving hits I’m completely unprepared for the visceral impact it has on  my body. I feel. I feel the longing. I feel the yearnings of my heart. I feel the near stupor of my  brain, and when she’s eventually able to find language, she’s deeply disappointed, and quite mortified by the silly teenage notion…

  • He cried

    The person who I’d loved  was still in there. Trapped. Behind the scar tissue, the fear, the anger, the broken dreams and could-have-beens. Go well, person who once was mine. Find joy and contentment. Relief  and  release. ~Lu

  • He stands

    on the lip, the ledge of the tidal pool. Early morning clouds abound, waves licking his face and arms. A strong back, well-defined lats. He stands tall, alone, without clear purpose watching the other  swimmers wading in the  water. Is anyone else  drowning,  while not being immersed? A wave crashes overhead, the salt water covering …

  • It’s just a dog

    So there’s no shame in dropping it into an acquaintance’s yard. All pre-arranged, neat, of course. It’s just a dog now left to the mercy of strangers as you carry on with your important life, relocating with a non-pedigree dog is so inconvenient, and expensive, really. He’s not just a dog, that first day in…

  • Pain

    Sit with it. Hold space for  it. And ask: What are you here  to teach? What are you here to evolve? What are you  here to break loose and release? For all emotion has purpose as we  evolve  our human dimension. ~Lu

  • Avicii, RIP.

    His name was Tim and no, I did not know him. His name was Tim and the radiance of  his face, made it impossible to look away. His name was Tim and his  music filled my  heart and then tore it apart. His name was Tim. He was a geek like me. And also a…

  • There’s a gap

    in the morning walkas the cool air poolsinto the indentationyour body leftbehind. There’s a holein my heartand I may slowly, eventuallybleed to death,the sticky red tearssnaking into the soil. There’s a cavein my soulwhere we used tocommune.Content,gloriousand uninhibited,our simple union. There a craterin my life,which only youcan fillDear One.And as our paths forkfurther apart.I long…