a list – thoughts & feels

i bought a ticket to California while she's on fire because I do what my mom tells me to. why am i going into the flames? is it because I can then say I was reborn? what does that mean?i can’t wait to wear my t-shirt with mushrooms on it and oranges that look like …

safe in the known – koh lipe, thailand

safe in the known I want to be able to transport people with my words and take them to far off places they’ve never been. I want them to experience fire shows on the shores of an island somewhere in Thailand and be able to picture the blue water with ease and the way it …

city of apples – a poem

my friends live in a cluster in the city of lights or is that Paris they're in the city of apples you know which one i'm 3 hours north living my quiet domestic life by the seaside nestled in the theater forest with the foghorns and homemade ice creams and living in a Victorian mansion …

cultivate – a poem

I walk out of yoga full of breath and space between my ligaments. The smell of incense and motherly love from massage tables hangs on my T-shirt and I repeat my affirmation from savasana I am safe I am held I am whole I am loved I have to keep reminding myself. Outside the seagulls …

refrigerated milk – a poem

refrigerated milk I poured you a bowl of cereal this morning frosted flakes there was an empty milk jug in the fridge who puts an empty milk jug back into the fridge? as I searched for an alternative I found half and half butter milk and finally a bottle of 1% milk all the way …

novem-burr (a poem)

Novem-Burr november ends with overcast skies and sniffly ears, frozen fingers typing numbly. the day of thanks has come and went followed by sales & marketing schemes buy, buy, buy, consume! crowds of people like ants swarm the capitalism the news it's all too much. I'd rather stay inside where the wind won't bite me. …

Questions On My Mind Lately – a series

why are there always so many people on Amtrak trains? Where are all these people going? how come when old ladies leave the bathroom it reeks of their perfume? Does their poop smell like their perfume? Do they keep perfume in their purse at all times and spray it after use? Do they really smell …

Reflections from the Summer/WHERE I’VE BEEN ALL THIS TIME

Hiiiii, long time no see. Or long time no write. This summer and the past few months have been quite the whirlwind and so I have regretfully neglected this blog, but now the summer is OVER and fall is coming and I'm so excited and ready to get back into my routine of sharing on …

lust – a poem

There is a hunger in their eyes in every single one of them it is eerily familiar i don't know you but i know your hunger i have seen it in every single one of your kind it's like something takes over from the person they were and all you can see now is animal.

Merm Musings or things I’ve learned recently – part 5

can we just take a moment to admire the fact that I serendipitously passed by this mermaid mural in Boston?! perfection. if you're a good person, good things will happen to you sometimes, if you're feeling overwhelmed and pulled in too many directions, just turning off your phone and focusing solely on your thoughts is …