emmythefemmie

Gather close Crackling Spots of light Falling snow Fireside Gather close tales Star stuff You and me Long day Trees of light Crying kids Stupid fights Pack it in Unpack it now Settle in Settle down Darkness cold and still A day ahead To hold and heal Time to rest One more story? Ya ya ya ya Bounce bounce bounce Mullusk love poems Boys in rooms Through seams in walls other worlds Flying high  Set color to the sky Oh my little Asher Kai Feral days Running fast To do To do Always to dos In piles In lists Forgot to smile Got lost in it Wandered back A sweet end another day His wings are shadow Yet bring the light Baby Baby Snuggle in Happy Here Again

Concrete paths Dandelions grow Through cracks Life finds ways Smallness One bite One sip Through the looking glass Down the rabbit hole Purple smoking jacket Off to wonderland  I'll dress for the occasion Sweet baby Jesus! Ethics and eccon Doing right? Just showing off? Trip trip trip Laugh and skip Sing sing sing Dance and dip Dread it comes in waves Book bans Trad wives Oversimplications Algorithm AI Spin and lies It makes something up When it doesn't understand why Overreach If you don't trust people You turn them into thieves Moral high ground Defenses More to know What is moral? What is truth? I suppose it's all point of view But to suspend all judgement May just make you Nothing more than a loving fool The proof is in action Watch the rise Daily bread Rise from bed Moving along Right through the dread Along this shiny thread ("Stop rhyming I mean it") ("Anybody want a peanut?") How long do we wait to love ourselves? How long do we linger in sha...

Upside down Knots Tangles On the up side Strangers say Pretty Same in the hand Just where the eyes can see Narratives Old stories seem new Rebrand  Spin A thread A tapestry The fringes  Dangle Tangle Dance Smells familiar Coming home Parallel paths Two Truths One life Death's door Walk past Walk fast Upstairs Smoke curls through fingers A dog in the cold Complicated creations Tricksters teach Some preach So many rules So many deviations Not tonight In the dark Fear sets in Smells familiar Coming home A mother's arms Bruised  Scratched Open still See Be here in this moment Precious Painful Free Pause Evaluate Move  Energy flowing Littles are growing Moon not glowing  Not yet Wait Rising Our Own Explain Move away Move in Show up Love To help my kiddos with their struggles it's been imperative to learn and navigate my own flaws and limitations. One can do a lot of things. But not everything. Sometimes overwhelm hits. I've got coping skills, ...