2020 New Year
Last New Year I shared my resolutions with everyone. I listed five things I wished to accomplish in 2019. I’ll break each down and share how I did.… Read More 2020 New Year
Category: Life
Shadows of My Past
It kept on following me
No matter how long or how fast I ran
Pinched myself a thousand times
In hope of waking up from this nightmare… Read More Shadows of My Past
The Gift of Presence
My anxieties are always chasing the future.
Frustration grows as I know
I will never leave the present… Read More The Gift of Presence
I Would Watch My Father
When direction was questionable
And my eyes still impressionable
When porridge
Cemented in grey splodges
to my favourite… Read More I Would Watch My Father
I Surrender to My Darker Self
I surrender to
my darker self—
he that purrs
at discontent—… Read More I Surrender to My Darker Self
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving 2019 | Family, Loss and Forgiveness by Deanna Ramirez Trigger Warning: Touches on childhood abuse and death. Last night, I learned my grandfather passed away. I said my goodbye on Monday morning. His eyes, narrow slits, peered at me briefly. I think he saw me, though I don’t know for sure. I haven’t seen… Read More Thanksgiving
Hold On. Let Go.
It’s hard to explain the part of your journey
You have to face alone
I’ve been dangling on a thread… Read More Hold On. Let Go.
Lost at Sea
It is though in those years⠀
I was lost at sea⠀
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Longed hard for love’s arms ⠀
to wrap warmth around me⠀
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Instead glacial glares ⠀
Frost dealt cold as ice⠀
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Left to tread frigid dread⠀
Just so you would play nice … Read More Lost at Sea
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is not black and white⠀
For layers peel back in their time ⠀… Read More Forgiveness
The Little Shed
The little shed is painted blue
with two old chairs for me and you… Read More The Little Shed
Eve Poetry 