Tag Archives: love

The Beautiful Things Of Life

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Lynette

I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. -Anne Frank When I opened my vintage shop this morning, it was with a weary and aching heart. It felt like such an effort to do … Continue reading →

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I Am Building My Own Damn Wall

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Lynette

I am heartsick and devastated. I have always thought that there was more love in the world than hate but I found out differently tonight. It’s going to take me some time to get used to this new reality. I … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Lost Years

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Lynette

A friend had a birthday recently and was asked the question on whether she would go back and live part of her life over, if given the chance. If so, would she go back to her 20s or 30s or … Continue reading →

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Hunger

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Lynette

There’s things to miss when one’s alone, that liquid jolt, the murmured sighs, light strokes on the back of neck. the deep felt crave which sleeps most days does rise in burnished night, tampered down from weary limbs but lurking … Continue reading →

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It’s One Thing To Dream

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Lynette

  Don’t earnestly promise to catch me a star, Cradle stars in your hands, cut up and bruised. Don’t talk about how England awaits, Grasp my hand as we wander down cobblestone streets. Don’t tell me that you want to … Continue reading →

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The Heart Throws No Fish Back In The River

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Lynette

“Love, my mother believed, was the only specific for true beauty—an abundance of it could make a woman who was as plain as zwieback go into the streets smiling, with her head high and her shoulders back, and a dearth … Continue reading →

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Lasso Of Truth

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Lynette

I don’t know where you are because you are in another room. I don’t know how you feel because your voice too faint to hear. I don’t know what I said, or didn’t say I don’t know why you bowed … Continue reading →

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They Dance There Still

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Lynette

Strewn feathers across the grass Leavings from a violent death. Blast tumbled shoe across the tile We leave so much of ourselves behind.   Death laps the blood from the stained dance floor where hearts beat true and free, Coward’s … Continue reading →

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Hillary Wrote Me a Letter

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Lynette

And here it is.  I thought what she had to say was so profound…I had to share it.   Lynette — On Sunday, Americans woke up to a nightmare: Another act of terrorism in a place no one expected it, … Continue reading →

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We All Carry Our History

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Lynette

We all carry our history differently inside us, Some tie memories to leaded fishing weights, so they can sink deep deep deep, Others coat them in hard glossy varnish, so they gleam–better than new. One trots out faded high school … Continue reading →

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