You did not notice the roses, the stones, or even the toad, the child, the sapling, the totem pole, the crow, the dusk, or the hummingbird, the mantis, the dove, or the hushed word
but spoke instead, but spoke at length of the horrible horrible horrible world.
To the Woman in the Garden by Wendy Videlock
“It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.”
— Nagulb Mahfouz, Sugar Street
“How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?”
~ Leonard Cohen
“I am nowhere to be found in myself because I am good at hiding.”
— Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, from “This Is a Poem About the Power of Positive Thinking,” There Should Be Flowers
from Tiny Beautiful Things, adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos.
“I’m learning to love the sound of my feet walking away from things not meant for me.”
