love and hope – Saturday Soul with Sandy Hibbard https://saturdaysoul.com Laughter, Dreams, Love, Desire Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:56:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 156607037 This is Not My Life . . . https://saturdaysoul.com/this-is-not-my-life/ https://saturdaysoul.com/this-is-not-my-life/#respond Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:02:19 +0000 http://saturdaysoul.wordpress.com/?p=1547 […]]]> scarlett-johansson-best-performances

This is Not My Life

A warm “hello” and kiss goodnight
bright eyes, sweet lips
a scurry of activities, part of the pack
cooking, eating, laughing, telling stories
family connection
broken times
high times
silent, I feel
dreams, dances, sweet kisses on my head
enticing me
to a life imagined
but not mine
waking up alone
wondering why
wondering where it all went
lingering tears remind me
of my reality
a quiet mix
real and imagined
angst and despair
love and hope
strength and tender frailty of my heart
is this my life?

]]> https://saturdaysoul.com/this-is-not-my-life/feed/ 0 1547 Waking the Muse https://saturdaysoul.com/waking-the-muse/ https://saturdaysoul.com/waking-the-muse/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:46:17 +0000 http://saturdaysoul.wordpress.com/?p=1040 […]]]> I remember the exact moment when this verse came to me.  After months of grief, there was a magical moment when my spirit came alive again and desire was born.  The rain was coming down on a cold September day, it seemed to cleanse my mind and give me hope; I breathed in the air and found my heart had decided to take a turn.  Those moments in our life are rare, and beautiful.  I want to pay attention so that I don’t miss one of them!

 

Waking the Muse

I don’t know how long this will last
or where it will go
it may fade
like smoke from an extinguished candle
but my heart is awake now
and I am writing again
dreaming of love again

There’s a spark beginning to burn
igniting feelings in my heart
rushing through me
like claps of thunder trampling the sky
i can feel the rain as it falls
turning into a torrent
washing away my grief
giving birth to a new life

 

@ Sandy Hibbard

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