"Mom!" jolts me out of sleep

with a dozen reasons to fight against 

all in my head

I heard my self-soothe: 

Relax, let go, guard down

He just wanted to know I'm close 

Live crossed wires sparkling at us

Kids' spring break has really highlighted how sleep deprived I have been. But why, why didn't it push me into a wildly creative, insane space of delusional making? Is it the responsibility? the killer of everything womanly... 

Your chaos 

brought me to so much

sweetness

I came back to myself

Let's laugh about it

one day

Energizing connections

that I prefer

are fast and crackling

with brightness, thrill 

and full of humor 

Don't overstay your total 

presence 

We often turn to symbol interpretation when an animal crosses our path. We also live among those animals and some of them we see daily. So what's this land telling us? What is its rhythm? And how often do you speak your intentions out loud? That's my next experiment. 

Today my priority is one thing at a time.