Tuesday, June 29, 2021

After Therapy Poem- Special Sauce

 


Sandpaper 


Master sword 


Bandage 


Capsule


I took 


The battery 


Out


Of the clock 


Better yet 


It was never 


Set


I’m on my own 


Without 


Ingredients 


And 


I’m out of 


Special sauce 





Sometimes I don’t realize how hard I dissociate until my therapist asks what I have in mind for when “this or that” happens… and I just don’t know, and I just can’t go there, because it’s too much to conceive in the state I’m in… I need to only exist my mind throws on repeat….

End of June Garden Highlights 2021

I love love love the fact that the fluffy green foliage and bits of blooms and splashes of color hides and/or distracts from the “under construction” parts of our landscape ðŸŽ‰ðŸ’–🎉💖🎉 from persicarias to oak leaf hydrangea- sun cups- wildflowers with bees- bee balm with hummingbirds- fun plant energy on this hot hot day makes it not seem so bad. I’ve never felt such a pull to want or need to be outside before having a garden. Now I make lil excuses to be with the outdoors. I care for it as it seems to care for me. Can you name all of the plants you see? What’s growing in your garden? ✨💖✨

















See more over on The YouTube 

.*Thankfully Yours*.







Chapter 96: Investments In Time Travel - The Mind Wanderers Handbook

 




96: Investments In Time Travel 


Investments 


In


Time travel 


Puzzled 


Me more 


As 


Age


Hoped


To make 


Me 


Wiser


Consumed


By


The fast


Breaks


Cracking 


The surface 


Cracking a smile 


Tears


In 


My eyes 

Monday, June 28, 2021

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Turn to Stone



                        Today I woke up with an earworm 

Ew- don’t say it like that!

I know, I know

I woke 

With a song in my head

ELO’s Turn To Stone

***
Music has been helping me 
Get my energy back 
And I’ve been trying 
To sing 
As much as possible 
And dance- well…
Wiggle a bit…
That is about as far as my nerve pain will let me go
For now…

We’ve ordered a record player…
Maybe we should buy the single…?

What helps you out of your funk?



 


Saturday, June 26, 2021

Chapter 94: Sugar in My Tank - The Mind Wanderers Handbook

 



94: Sugar in My Tank


Cabbie 


Take the fair 


Head up town 


Take 


The long way round 


Scenic route 


I'm the driver now


Hands 


On the wheel 


Piped in music from elsewhere 


Influence on the map 


How long 


Have I been 


Spinning my wheels 


Sinking in and fooled


Thinking I'm not


Click


Your song is gone


Where 


Out of gas 


In a ditch


Just the way you like it 


Click


Click


Turn


The key 


Turn over my engine 


Please 


Batt low 


Crowbar 


Jack


New flats 


Old tire


Triple A


Quick sand 


And 


Sugar


In my tank

Friday, June 25, 2021

Fireflies

 Second floor 

2nd window

Fireflies 

Light the way 

Undercover 

Wish

For blissful 

Unconscious 

Thread count 

Comfort 

Lavender 

Mint

Satellite 

Counting 

On

Firefly

Light 

Chapter 93: The Mind Wanderers Handbook

 



93:

Stink Eye Warfare 


Sticking sunglasses on you 


Blinders on 


Now 


Put a dollar in the jar


Am I the flea 


In your ear 


Cumbersome 


Cut you loose 


Like the deadwood 


I can't be 


Tethered to your anchor


Your tribe 


Long enough 


Impeded 


Does not

Take a genius to see


This picture you paint 


Hurts eyes 


Not accustomed 


It's been since day one


Upsetting  you 


That I don't have a bar code


Nothing 


To scan


Not able 


To return 


Even with receipts 


Holding 


Me 


Back 


Tipped over your chessboard 



Left the room 

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Gardening Summer Solstice Week 2021

Sometimes I 
Seek
Serious refuge 
In the garden 


What do you see


Even if there’s imperfections 


Or unexpected volunteers


There’s always 

                                         A little 

                                           Gift

 

Of beauty 


With more to come

What’s growing in your garden?



 


Time and Place

 I had a rough sleep last night and here’s a fresh word cake because… 


Baptismal 


Letters 


Sometimes numbers 


Spilling from 


Your memory 


Leaving their mark 


As I loaded 


My wheelbarrow 


With all 


Accoutrements 


Accounting 


For the history 


We laid waste to


As you flee


As you turned 


Your back 


I lock the door


Tossed 


The key

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Chapter 92: Mother Ghost Story

 



92: Mother Ghost Story


Heard this one before


Left nest 


Neglected eggs


Abandoned 


To leave leftovers


One of these things 


Mustn't belong


Miles 


Between 


Just a dream


Conversations 


Predictable


Lost on you


Looking at a wall


Talking to a wall


Couldn't fly fast 


Enough


Never 


Enough 


Coming from you


Invisible view


Ghost 


Inside the mind


Possession 


Waiting in wings


Talons 


Waiting to spring


If 


I don't shapeshift 



Could lose 


My life in this


To


Keep running 


Marathon 


Mother


Keep up the dust


Cover up


What was


Never for us


Sometimes I want things- projects-  to work out sooooo bad!

And you truly try to rig everything- tape things together when you should be gluing- use wire when you should be using zip ties… idk…

Results are 100 percent leading to knowing when to stop. Pause. Put it down. Step back. Reset… 

I live currently on a roller coaster of this… in all aspects of life. And it often results in more poetry… yay…? 

Monday, June 14, 2021

Off the cuff: Monday Memories

 



I hailed my first cab

In Prague

I never 

Do anything 

By halves 

The buildings 

Were baroque 

The sculpture 

Was modern 

I walked

Walked

And 

Walked

Cobbles

Brick

Stone

Tarmac

Rolls 

Of film

Click

Wind

Cross all your fingers 

Some streets 

Had 

Concert fliers

For 

Faith No More

Was it 1997?

Journal in the attic 

Harbors all

That my mind 

Can no longer 


Sunday, June 13, 2021

Chapter 91: Trick Becoming Treat - The Mind Wanderers Handbook

 



91: Trick Becoming Treat


Capitol city 


Under the skin 


Skin deep 


Pills lecture medicine 


Addiction addict 


Captive kidnapped 


Take care 


Of holding to hold 


Back 


Keep safe 


Bound 


Captured 


Tethered 


Hitched 


Born from destiny 


Insults to sweet nothings 


Humiliate 


Short temper 


Scheming master 


Plans 


Isolate


Keep for yourself 


Only you 


Captive 


Audience doll 


Toy 


Trinket trophy 


Souvenir 


Wrapped 


Around your finger 


Play thing 


Go 


Along 


Knowing nothing 


Different 


Hollow 


Without identity 


Cards


Theft


Missing


Blindside 


Blindfold 


Fool 


Trick 


Becoming 


Treat