chicago – Musings By Barbara

May 16, 2019

Bend and Fold

©️ 2019 — Sometimes the days become overdrawn, wearing down my skin so thin, where I don’t win, and I find myself dreaming of a place where time is not a luxury and spending it is not a sacrifice. But everything we do is a sacrifice, the new devours the old, and we either swim…

Gentle to ourselves

We must learn to rest our weathered hands, ease our wilting hearts, and forgive the spectres of our past mistakes. Tranquility comes when we learn to be gentle with ourselves. | Barbara Garay. Forgiving another is never easy. But forgiving yourself, at times, may be even harder. See, we are too hard on…

To fall is to rise

Born from ashes, bathed in dirt, I rise into a sky that requires iron wings to fly. Ashes | Barbara Garay © 2018 Inevitably, we all will experience the moment our face meets ground, our soul swims deep within the ashes, and our embers begin to lose their spark as they start to extinguish. Part…