I would like to remember my first sight of you for a lifetime I would like to remember our walks and how our words braided until our hearts touched I could feel myself falling and dig my heels in to slow the fall We talk about private things, you are brave in your openness and…
Author: jy195
Lover of nature, Student of humanity, Mother of dog, Nerd.
Call me curious…
The past couple of years I’ve really put myself out there for dating. I have made some really great friends out of it but for the most part what I found was us humans are at risk for executing connection, true intimacy; let alone vulnerability and honesty. Maybe I’m overreacting. You see I’m one of…
That which takes on lightness
Meloncholia isn’t necessarily a negative emotion. It allows us to find beauty in the sad and tragic where others turn blind eyes. No-one is immune to melancholy: a cloudy day, a lonely flag in the breeze, a secluded mountain trail, an empty beach, a rusty bridge – all these ordinary sights are transmuted into something…
Cravings
I crave so much more Than a physical connection I crave who you are Where you came from Your desires and fears I crave to know you Beyond the surface of lust
Kisses like caffeine
I want A man who says, “How was your day?” and it sounds like “I’ve thought of you constantly.” A man who kisses the wounds left over from the fires I’ve put out. A man who beats me to the coffeemaker, but gives me the first cup. A man who knows just where to kiss…
Being of service
As many of you heard, from all the caring texts I received this morning, there was a shooting in one of the suburbs of Wausau which led to the deaths of at least 4 humans. We were in the middle of it and my hospital was on lockdown; we are all fine and were never…
Luck or Diligence
Our lives are an exercise in facing challenges. We dream the grandest of dreams as youngsters only to discover that we must cultivate copious inner strength and determination in order to meet our goals. Our hard work does not always yield the results we expect. And it is when we find ourselves frustrated by the…
The path of our souls
It seems that we often confuse amazing and easy. We run from chaos and then wonder why mediocrity bores us—yet, in terms of love, meeting our souls desire will ruin us from the outside in so that we can begin fulfilling our soul’s contract. In this life, we all start off on the path that…
The real betrayal is forgetting yourself
Polonius counseled Hamlet, “To thine own self be true.“ How many times have we heard that in our lives? “Oh, just be yourself,” “You do you,” etc… How many times have we betrayed ourselves out of fear, or loss, or rejection? Yet we do it every day, and it is done to us every day….
