Category: contemporary poetry
Want to see a major shift in your life? Try replacing “I’m sorry” with “Thank you”.

I don’t know if it’s an over all Canadian thing….being from the land of bumping into car doors and apologizing… lol but some how I became that “I’m sorry” person. It came as a surprise to me as most of my younger life you’d be hard pressed to hear me apologize for anything. But eventually I chose to learn about both accountability and forgiveness. But here’s the thing, sometimes we can end up swaying too far and become over accountable.
But too much apologizing also leads to a negative mindset of self…a self blame mentality…and even a hyper focus on self.
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I Heal
It’s been thirteen years,
It was a year that
I realized my fears
A year that I thought
I may drown in my own tears
The memory of it
Remains seared
On my heart
burned so deep
I’m charred
Branded
I felt abandoned
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Glossy
It’s been a while….
Glossy
She learns how to become a cook
How to become a runner
Promises on how to become a better lover
All from just skimming the cover…
She falls for it
She tumbles
Stumbling on the shoestrings
Of her sneakers
That in reality,
just make her meeker
And….shall I even say
Bleaker?
Like a beacon
Of society that says
Here I am…
Look at me
I take notice
I read the cover Continue reading