to Larry

i wish i could have given you a thousand more kisses a hundred more hugs and a few dozen more belly rubs i wish i had wasted not a second on frustration and appreciated you more in my life how could i have known i would see you for the last time? sweet, loyal, brave,…

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

women & their blessings | sonnet

Of all the roses in the great wide worlds The loveliest take time to rise and bloom For they grow in grace and beauty for girls Yet sadly the weakest will die in June You may wonder what flowers grow for boys To surmise one would choose the Middlemist As this Chinese flower is rare…

In Our Own Strength

The internal stagnation that forces the spirit to slow and the body to drop Gazing upon the pink clouds that scatter the spectrum of His emotions ~Sammicakes