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Magic Mama

our shadows speak, quiet and significant as trees.

Tag: love

healing the breach

is this the metaphorical mountain? /
is this the part where we find out what we’re made of?

March 9, 2022 by Nicole Marie

homecoming

I rose with the sun / and the swift love

May 3, 2021 by Nicole Marie

[after]birth

skin to skin / blood and breath.

April 28, 2021 by Nicole Marie

restoration

when touch / becomes a / leap of faith / we don’t ignore

February 22, 2021 by Nicole Marie

sometimes our children are the stabilizers.

The key chain from the aquarium sat at the other end of the kitchen table. I watched the blue-dyed water and the turtle inside shake, each time he sunk into his chair and wriggled, refusing to read an assignment.

February 18, 2021 by Nicole Marie

today I managed to be fully present for you.

I snapped quick photos of your concentration, placed the phone down and watched your fingers move, how you dipped your brushes a little too aggressively, swirled through the orange like a hurricane then slapped on too many layers.

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 by Nicole Marie

vigil for nothing

awareness for the what-ifs /
awareness for the things / you could never comprehend / so you spend all of your / precious time trying to

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 by Nicole Marie

Beautiful, Beautiful, Boy:

I’m so sorry every day looks exactly the same. I’m so sorry for getting angry, so often. I’m frustrated. I’m lost. I’m anxious. But you are most…… Read more “Beautiful, Beautiful, Boy:”

January 26, 2021January 29, 2021 by Nicole Marie
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