Category: Letting the Water Flow

A Strong Reminder – A Poem

She looks at the mark upon my left wrist. “What’s that supposed to be?” She almost reaches out to touch it. I reach out and rub it with my the thumb of my right hand. “It’s the symbol for the Deathly Hallows.” She give… Continue Reading “A Strong Reminder – A Poem”

Sorrow and Joy – A Poem

I knew it would be a day of opposites. In the morning, saying farewell to one life and in the evening, celebrating another. In the end, however, there was joy and sadness at both. The funeral celebrated a life long lived of a much… Continue Reading “Sorrow and Joy – A Poem”

An Ocean of Time – A Poem

When we were younger, we spoke our own language. It would be undecipherable to the casual listener, but it was our own tongue, one that only we could understand. As we grew older, teachers would keep us apart in different classrooms, afraid that we… Continue Reading “An Ocean of Time – A Poem”

Lost Boy Found – A Poem

I was sitting in the clouds when I first saw you. Looking down on the world that I’d removed myself from, it was your light that I saw first, that brilliant light that shone from you, right up to the clouds. I was happily… Continue Reading “Lost Boy Found – A Poem”

The Family Tree – A Poem

The idea of family is foreign to me. Growing up, I had a family, but I always felt like I didn’t belong. I was the black sheep wearing a second skin, the unknowable one, bearing myself to every one, the odd one out. I… Continue Reading “The Family Tree – A Poem”