I Talk To Myself

I try my best each day not to hide my flaws, to let my mistakes show through my outer shell of this human form. Sounds a bit backwards to many, I am sure, but there is a good reason I live my life with my idiosyncrasies on my sleeve.  I do it because, one, mistakes and flaws are apart of life it is how we learn about our world and how we are able to become better versions of ourselves. And two, it allows others to be comfortable showing their mistakes and flaws, it allows others to try something new.  In a sense, it gives others permission to be themselves without fear of judgement.  I post all my art work, even the work that I feel is awful and ugly, because art is a process, and so is life.  So why not show your mistakes?  They are all just learning experiences, part of a larger process of refining and developing who you are becoming. My art isn't perfect, there will always be mistakes, I will always be learning and processing.  My life is not ...

No One is Coming No one is coming Can you hear the silence enclose around you? The ticking of the clock as time passes by you are waiting waiting waiting for that night in shiny armor someone to take your hand and make it all right no one is coming Can you feel the cold numbness spreading like fire over your skin? surrounding you in your own darkness as deeper and deeper you go you are waiting waiting waiting for that one who will make everything happy again Someone comes but you are not happy they try to make you laugh and smile but it does not work No one is coming Can you see your demons now swimming in your mind? fighting and clawing at your brain as you hold your head and sink lower you are waiting waiting Waiting for someone to take your hand and make it alright Someone comes but everything is the same everything is not alright just more of the same No one is coming can you smell the damp muddy air fill as it fills your lungs? Breathing slow a...

I have changed poopy diapers wiped snotty noses and cleaned throw up out of hair. I have washed dirty faces put in pigtails and braids made food to eat and share I have yelled and screamed worried and cried I have hugged and kissed laughed and sighed Through it all I look in wonder at every inch you grow proud of every milestone and everything you know Time goes by so quickly you continue to amaze me each day Being your mother is the best I love you in every way I was blessed with motherhood Your very breath made it so all the mothers before me their knowledge can continue to flow Peace Love and Gratitude to all the Mothers, Grandmothers, Stepmothers, And all the others who have graciously step up into the role. Happy Mothers Day!