books, writings, shoes & nudes

Tag: empowered

  • your heart is an empty room.

    The piano sounds Apple says I listened the most to in 2024.

    Her hyperness when her meds wear off.

    The green of his eyes I see every time it rains.

    Good morning texts.

    Holding of hands that once shielded the abuse.

    My blue couch.

    The tone of her voice when she says, “GUTTER BITCH or titty baby”, her fake Italian grandmother’s accent.

    Blue

    Showers too long.

    Giggles, stories, jokes.

    Seeing her face walk through the door, knowing she won the war of getting out of bed.

    Cinnamon Tea, and coffee, Hallmark movies.

    Doris Doloris, who will be the biggest heart break of all.

    The shock in a broken face meeting strength for the first time.

    The Professor getting excited to tell me about the girl he likes or the sex he had.

    Books in The Nook.

    Blankets and hockey sweats.

    The end of the day when I lay my head down and remind myself this life is real, and I will wake up still safely in it.

    Smells of honeysuckle, sugar plums, and favorite flannels.

    Lovers that forever stain the walls of this heart.

    So much feminine rage and way too many damn shoes.

  • Carpet floor. 2 book shelves full of books. I’m sure everyone has been read front to back.

    She had a tiny notebook in hand. We were laying on the floor under a bar table. Talking about shades of purples. Woman’s Fight Club. Cool tank tops, boots and leather jackets. Oh and the smoothie shop on the first floor! It seems so long ago now it was all a beautiful dream. But things never stay in dream land when it comes to her. Honestly I’m not sure how we got from point A to point B. Life just happens when you spend time next to her oozing sunniness. We created a wonderful dream like a lullaby. We could sell shirts. Have a desk made out of boards people break. What about a wall where people signed. I pulled out $5 and told her to give me hers. I folded the dream into T-shirts. She framed it and made it come true. She gave me a necklace that said “You are stronger than you have ever been.” Now night after night I feel the dream under my feet. I watch  strong women dream. And she’s still there, dreaming and holding a tiny notebook.

  • “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord”. Ephesians 5:22