Saved?

So, it’s no secret that I have a rather, um, fraught relationship with religion and extremely religious people. I was raised non-denominational Christian, did Sunday school like most of my peers, but I was never christened or baptized. I also didn’t have pierced ears till I was 22, but that’s another post. Point is, somewhere [...]

Thanks for letting me bloom

For your wisdom, for your womb
For the roof over my head, for my shoes, for my bed
For the most important lesson in life was when you said
“Strive for what you believe in, set goals and you can achieve them”…
You’re a queen
You deserve the cream: everything that gleams, everything that shines
Everything that’s mine
(Jay-Z)
Happy Mother’s Day.

Things

There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public.
There are worse things than these miniature betrayals,
committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things
than not being able to sleep for thinking about them.
It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in
and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse
and worse.
(Fleur Adcock)
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