Little lines from our hearts light up the midnight roads. I can hear the call of spotted owls and sleepy toads. As the sounds of the festival dull to a hum, and the smells of the day boil down to sugar and rum, I reminisce on the past, these memories made of glass, that cut…
Category: poems
Big, Not so Bad World
The little acts of kindness That permeate through expectation Like a locked door Separating me and my pink suitcase A kind man spots my quiet dread Through the transparent door Recognizes, verifies, and rolls out My silly pink luggage for me Me and her ready to venture through London To all the strangers And their…
A Woman Alone in the Night, Far From Home
It is bad practice to fantasize about one’s own death. But I have found myself in a precarious situation. A situation where in which… it may be rational to fantasize on the subject. ~ The lapping of the lake is so peaceful in the day, but in the cold dark it is threatening, an ever…
Atop Interlaken, Switzerland
Vast emerald lawns Sprawling navy streams Narrow, winding roads Some mountains lined with autumnal foliage Some peaks coated in powdered sugar snow The smell of beer and cheese And the screaming laughs of children All atop Interlaken, Switzerland ~Sammicakes
one line
oh, to fall so deeply in love with something that hates you ~ Sammicakes
The Lovely & pitiful | Poem
Radiant, dazzling, and all too new A vehicle of first-time adoration How it glimmers in the moonlight How it rusts in the sunlight How it glows in the dusk How it dims in the dawn A lovely thing, a pitiful thing To steer it gently onto a loving path or to drive it off a…
Oh, Mirror!
There are some mirrors that tell you what you want to hear, yet some mirrors get pleasure from revealing all you fear Every spot, every line, every hair out of place Oh the pressure, the politic, the horror of owning a face! Yet in its games, the ones all mirrors play, there is something even…
Chocolate & Chai
Touch of marshmallow plumpness Clove and cinnamon (and nutmeg!) scent Hint of ginger, zest and life Take a thick sip and dive into it Sweet and splendid, rush of Sugar– it’s in the chocolate and cream! What I wouldn’t do For a taste of them both– A Taste of Chocolate and Chai ~ Sammicakes
6/26 Journal Prompt
Happy Wednesday! An excerpt from my morning journal: Today is a day of release. Release. Release. Release. Letting go of anxiety, stress, fear, and pain. Creating the life I want to lead in my thoughts, beliefs, and actions. Giving less weight to thoughts and more weight to beliefs and actions. Release. Release. Release. ~Sammicakes
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