Little Things Add up

I still remember giggling at the back of the biology classroom and the way your silver ballet shoes (the bracelet you wore) sounded whenever they danced along the pages of one of our notebooks. We didn't have the time to do all the things friends should do together, but the memories we do have and the time we did enjoy is more valuable than all the normal things I've shared with others. And even though we haven't seen each other in a few years, you're still one of the most important people I've ever met, so happy birthday Darling. I hope you make the moments of today count in ways the hi-lighted celebrations won't be able to touch. 

Latently Cruising Past it All

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Fighting for Breath

Tea just isn't hot enough
or strong enough this week

and the hospital isn't an option
this time around the bend.
So instead I've made friends
with the sheets of my bed
and hot water, lemon,

and a few drops of honey

to get through work
before coming home

to die again.

Well, maybe, death's not
the real answer, it's just
when you're as sickless
as me, and you're coughing
up more mucus than your
tiny little body should
be able to hold

every single moment

feels like you're

fighting for breath.

Remembering Two Years Ago

Thank you for visiting. I hope you had as great a time as we did. Let's do this again soon, okay? Especially now that we're on solid ground again. 

Planet Poem

What if life as a human really began with each of us
blowing as a gust of wind on Mercury -
before becoming bacteria on Venus,
then humans here on Earth.

Wouldn't that mean that death here's not really
the end of anything at all, it's just the first step
to our journey as Martians atop the red planet.

And even though that's the end of time in another,
very different body, that's not the end yet either.
Cause after that we go on to become storms on Jupiter,
the very ancestors of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
or earthquakes in beautiful places. Then we hula hoop
the rings of Saturn as if we are Star ballerinas and actresses.

On Uranus we course through unexplored,
nameless oceans before becoming Neptune's tears
and Pluto's goodbyes. But even that is not where
Time himself fades away because there's still

so many millions of miles
left in space for us
to explore and enjoy.

Say Yes

 

Everyone's looking your way, just waiting to see what you have to say and how you feel about this. I've gathered the attention of strangers and friends alike, the moment is beautiful without even trying. Now, here comes the scary part, here's where the nervousness kicks in, where the shaking starts and my voice begins to get too quiet to be heard; but I have to ask this anyway because I'm just so completely overwhelmed with joy and bliss and magnificence - I was wondering, I'm just curious, but would you like to spend forever with me in some silly, fun kind of way?

For Tara Kay and Amy. 

Friends Across These Wires

I don't want to ever forget how light you make my heart feel.

And I hope to remember how much sweeter my days with you are than the days without you. 

Support Systems

And if you are brave enough to stand beside me there will never come a moment you will stand without me next to you. 

Leaves and Pressed Petals

And when it's long past due to break from the grey, when you find rain within yourself instead of around you quenching this drought too long I will suggest one thing for you; listen closely, you can find me; I'll be your sunshine, I'll make you laugh from the inside out then when I get you smiling enough to join you, together we'll light up the room and the world - when sorrow wins let me be your purest known bliss. Because an old, tattered or dim appearance has nothing to do with what lies beneath the surface protected, from the skeptical glances from the rest of mankind. 

Something Fun to Celebrate

Hello everyone, I am back full swing and I have some great news to share. I have just (literally in the last hour sort of JUST) finished a recent poetry project. It is a contest manuscript of 35 original pieces. If you would like to have an authentic first copy (there are 15 up for grabs) and to support what might happen to the collection once the contest is over, head on over to Patreon and pledge for just one month - August to September or September to October, and you will receive a personalized and signed copy of this manuscript in the mail!

And if you are already subscribing to Learning to Fly on Patreon you have an even better surprise coming your way in a week or two!

I am so excited to share this adventure and first taste of accomplishment with all of you!
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