Michele

chasing butterflies, finding hope

[Michele @almostnands]

knee deep in wildflowers
~ dreaming of you

[Michele @almostnands]

Hope bound and gagged by the intimations of false prophets
~ and there is no peace

#ThePhotoHour

[Michele @almostnands]

At this point I’m more afraid of life than death,” she says, grey eyes meeting mine. Her gaze is steady, empty, and I wonder if she felt it, the moment hope slipped away.

#SlapDashSat #vss

[Michele @almostnands]

strands of melancholic wistfulness
all these what-might-have-beens
a haunting penance we leave behind
~ what is yet to be, our Hope

#ThePhotoHour #poetrycommunity

[Michele @almostnands]

may we embrace today
(and everyday)
with the joy and reckless abandon
borne of a courageous heart

#ThePhotoHour #chasingsunsets #poetry #Happy2022

[Michele @almostnands]

today there is a palpable lump
in our throats

a collective sadness

may we channel our grief
into sheer grit

and get to work

[Michele @almostnands]

and the weak shall perish
when the vulgar rule

[Michele @almostnands]

we say there is after this
and our vision shall survive

tumbling
down
a
rabbit
hole

we say there is after this
and maybe, there is

#poetry #poem #vss #photoart

[Michele @almostnands]

may we find beauty in walking paths of our own making
~ and courage to stay the course

#orjay #vss

[Michele @almostnands]

it takes courage to recognize some things are bigger than you and i

and an almost otherworldly strength
to act accordingly

[Michele @almostnands]

we hold on with tender ferocity
hope deferred, a palpable ache

#ThePhotoHour #hope

[Michele @almostnands]

today there's a palpable lump
in our throats

a kind of collective sadness

may we channel our grief
into sheer grit

and get to work

[Michele @almostnands]

there came a day she let go
of the frightened little girl
carrying all that pain
and on that day, she skipped
wide-eyed with wonder
into the world

[Michele @almostnands]

let’s leave before the spring azures come
just open the garden gate, and go

#ThePhotoHour #butterfly #springazure

[Michele @almostnands]

her eyes, beautiful
in the fading light of day
~ and he weeps, winter

#ThePhotoHour #haiku #poetry

[Michele @almostnands]

he cradles a baby hummingbird
whispering gentle affirmations
of unconditional love
only the broken
can hear

and somewhere in time
her fragile heart skips a beat

[𝔐𝔯. 𝔐 @TheSoulShadow]

With every hug, I hope to reach the places in her heart that words can't, to heal the wounds that eyes can't see, and to give her soul a place where it can breathe and mend

[Michele @almostnands]

“Paydays we’d wait for her in that old car hoping for a Marathon bar, the best cause they lasted so long. Then we’d get groceries and go home for supper. Table always set. Napkins in laps. Grace. Candy waiting. She never said I love you,” he smiles, “but we knew.”
#SlapDashSat

[Michele @almostnands]

sadness nipping at her heels
~ she takes another step

#ThePhotoHour

[Michele @almostnands]

i feel the pulse of the cosmos
with each beat of your heart

#ThePhotoHour

[Michele @almostnands]

come meet me where the rainbow ends
together we’ll find lost again

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