Picking Up Roots

Unspoken

a shared look,
a broken smile,
a light touch,
an embrace,
silence,
laughter,
tears,
words unspoken

what else
is love

Permission

let go
it is done
don't let ache
within your body
it was then
you are now
it's okay
not to carry
past hurt

Letting Go

loss lurks on the fringes,
a disease waiting to strike

too often
coming as a surprise,
we fail to understand
its crushing inevitability;

we may know
nothing is forever,
but have we explored
what that means
are we prepared
for what we hold precious -
what we love -
to be taken

none of us are immune,
still we go on