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Happy Valentines !

Rippling stream, so long and winding how far do you flow?Meadow grasses kiss your banks  wanting to knowDo you dream in your quiet serene sleep of thosewho come to drink?Tell me your dream, as you sleep so quiet and serene.Dawn brings a mist to cover till suns rays warmLeaves of the water willow awaken at dawn,flowers open colors so brilliantto drink of your flowRIPPLING STREAMDo you dream in…

I have been away for so long and I have missed my blogging. Those of you that followed me before know that I lost my daughter 10 years ago and I literally lost my mind. So much has happened in that ten years, more than I could share today. I did want to say I never valued my writings or attempts at poetry so it was easy to walk away and fight the slight yearnings to get back to it. I seem to be…

My Rock My World

March 6th, 2021 I lost the love of my life, my husband of 38 years. He had been ill for quite some time I cared for him as best I could and pray I made him comfortable and without too much pain. I admit when hospice took over his last week it was a relief physically and gave me the freedom to just sit and hold him/his hand until he took his last breath. I am so grateful for that time I was able…

Politicians elected to represent Lose the ability to serve When the political confetti is tinged with green and bribery. Len Wms-Carver 2019

Why Anti-Abortion Laws Have Me Triggered.

When I was 5 our mother dropped myself & 2 brothers at our grandparents and walked away. My family and close friends know what I have told them about the life we had there and they know my grandfather molested me from almost day one, this is the first time they will know the rest of the story. He molested me until I was eleven at which time he raped me to”bring me to my womanhood.” That rape…

I truly do not understand the hate toward those that practice the Muslim religion. Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets including Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims consider the Quran in its original Arabic to be the unaltered and final revelation of God. Evangelicals believe in the…

I walk along the windy streets fallen leaves sweep across my boots the suns warmth is getting weaker as I wrap my sweater a bit tighter round me The transition of the seasons loom in the early dying light and fading flowers lost in the sounds of what I hear, wind blowing pieces of oak leaves crunch beneath each step destination unknown lost in my thoughts as I walk along these windy streets Though…

I am so scared right now. I have been trying to hold the darkness away but today is my grandsons birthday, he committed suicide and today is National Suicide Prevention day and it is all I can think about. That maybe if I just ended it all this pain would go away. I’ve no pills or guns to end it and that is a good thing yetI am thinking about it. In trying to count my blessings, the things that…

Terror in Our Country & My Heart

Since my heart attacks and my mini-stroke my memory & thought processes are nearly null & void. But I have paid attention to what is going on in our world and especially our country since DJT became the leader. All through the campaign, I listened and I watched and I became fearful. At first, like many, I said to myself and a few family members “oh no he won’t be elected, ” I just knew the most…

As a straight privileged white woman. And until the Russian Agent is removed from OUR White House by any means, I am a Muslim, I am Black,  I am Brown, I am LGBTQ, I am poor, I am an Immigrant,  I am a Refuge, I am an American

How do you ask forgiveness when you don’t believe you were entirely wrong when the other won’t meet, talk with you when the other claims “I won’t say because I respect you” and walks away, without saying what they believe you did or said something wrong when all their life they have held an underlying anger toward you and refused to discuss what or why? When you know you have spoken hurtful words

When do we realize how old we have become Is it when we see the deep lines etched on our face the dullness of hearing and eyesight When the once ramrod spine begins to shrink Is it when we feel our strength begin to wane When each limb becomes stiff each chore becomes harder due to the pain In our youth, we failed to see how it would be We believed the hype of”Golden Years” Now we weep for the…

Traveler On the Backroads

Traveler On the Backroads I can hear the sun touch the water’s edge as daytime turns to dusk in that magic moment before evening falls and the day is spent . you have to listen close it’s softer than a whisper as fragile as a dream as quiet as an angel’s wing but if you listen close you can hear them sing . oh yes i can hear the sun touch the water’s edge *****I follow Michael on FB his poetry at…

First Day of Spring

The first day of Spring and all its promises… Leaning against the window frame watching the sun come up It rises gently as I drink from my emptying coffee cup The brilliant cardinals flit in and out of the pine tree in the neighbors’ yard across the street as the family of squirrels in my old oak begin to scurry about. I stand there feeling happy and blessed although alone then the neighbor to…

Tonight I totally lost all semblance of strength and just burst into tears. Not a day goes by I don’t think of my daughter, it’s seven years and the pan is as raw today as it was Feb 19, 2011. Generally, I can think of her with happiness and a bit of a trembling lip when the fact she is gone hits me. Yet tonight I lost it as if I had just received that horrible phone call. I know the agony of…