remind me

Remind me to love you like the softly falling snow

Loves the air it hangs upon. 

Remind me to love you like the sunrise 

Loves to daily kiss the purple mountaintops. 

Remind me to love you like a tender memory

Loves to wrap itself around our hearts. 

Remind me to love you like a favorite song

Loves to transport us through time. 

Remind me to love you like a crashing wave

Loves to push and pull at the glorious shore. 

Remind me to love you like the gently coming night

Loves the stars that share their light.

Remind me to love you like the precious soul

That you are. 

so quiet

A slice of life shouldn't be so hard to produce with all the living that I'm doing—good, honest, terrible, trying living. I should be able to tell you stories as I haven't stopped noticing the things going on around me. I should be able to let you all in for a little peek. And yet—I just can't seem to get to it. I miss the community, but I have been so buried by life lately that I can't seem to get past the trauma of it all. And you know, it's just life. You all have it happening too, but I can't seem to make it through things like I used to. Writing is painful for me as if every word I acknowledge nails harsh realities in deeper. And this realization hurts too. I love to write. Or maybe I used to love to write? I can't tell just yet which one it is. I've been thinking in poetry more, so I probably should work to get those words on the page at least. One thing I know for sure is this place I am in cannot last forever. I can't see how it won't. I can't understand how things got so overwhelming. But I am sure it will not be where I stay. And that is hope enough for me. I hope my giant effort to write a little something might reach someone who is also feeling so quiet it hurts and know they aren't alone. I hope you know I feel you.