#newbeginnings – Page 4 – Alchemic Verse

July 3, 2025

Blog: Dialing up the Bon of the Voyage

Trying to build the life I wanted has required several new levels of intellectual, emotional, and intestinal fortitude that the prescribed, expected, and safer path I was on prior did not. As I make my way on this journey from grand master Tower moment to Phoenix risen, I hope to share a tidbit or two Continue reading

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July 1, 2025

Blog: The Cut

The house is being fixed up and shown, and I have 3 carloads, 3.5? To make 1. The end was a mad dash to just box and bag, clear surfaces, and make room. Last night and tonight, I’ll be musing on the last choices, what really makes “the cut”, what can be left behind or Continue reading

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June 2, 2025

Re-Pattern

For all the words I knowI simply don’t know the wordsFor any of this Perpetually misunderstoodOver-explain apologizeIn 3 languages SpeechlessHow deeply this reachesRetrace the pattern to know thatThe right ones knowOr try to safely understand and with you grow Now the wordless momentsGive space for me to know thatThere’s a wound to heal Why does Continue reading

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May 30, 2025

Shards

I will pluck every shardFrom my mindYour venom touch No sleep, I want to hearPulls and popsThat tear the hush Counting each crimson chipEach small deathPunctures me pale I offer eachA gentle kissA quiet wakeA silent wail Time grew scars, tough and soreWhere softnessAnd delight reigned Azure lights lost to grayEach feelingFearful or feigned I Continue reading

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May 30, 2025

Canary

Quiet days feel worse than beforeHovering softly by the doorOr window staring out Simple pleasures that help restoreRarely do much anymore toDisplace the waves of doubt A stranger wand’ring her own houseCaged songbird eager to be dousedIn sunlight, a new route She moves as silent as a mouseA spectre of a broken spouseWhat’s left to Continue reading

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