photography by Susa Silvermarie

Little Death

My body opens, inexorable as a rose. My patience is easy, knowing with the rose that unfolding must come. My...

Candlemas Courage

Candlemas Courage

You are a seed, dreaming and dormant, held safe in earth’s body. Resting in your shell, you can be patient,...

So Much More

Each of us, a crucial cell in our human species, each of us linked to make the larger body; the...

photograph by Susa Silvermarie

Blame

Can’t you hear it crackling? Blame hides fire. The flame flicks outwards. You! Him! Them! Not me. The heat of...