From the island paradise – a Saturday Post!
For Tabby
It takes work – real work
To live in peace
It takes pushing and pulling
Tugging and tagging
Learning
To be healthy
From tent to mansion
From pipe to rain
It takes work – real work
To be free
I find myself in subtler and subtler shackles
This size
This food
This mindset
To cry or laugh
And to get up
Say, “yes, it was my fault”
Say, “yes, I was wrong”
To mispell on purpose
To bad grammar knowingly
It takes work – real work
To love without limitations
How freeing it is
To judge myself
To carry that check-double-check
As I prepare for takeoff
These wings are unfettered
But weighted
Because it takes work – real work
To be responsible
To my heart
To my art
To my journey
To my legacy
I’ve never seen true sustainable living until I saw what I saw in Kurtistown, HI. I am humbled and inspired by the life of my spiritual sister and home-chic. We laughed like we never met in Kingman, but grew up in each other’s houses. Having a deep friendship like that is a greater blessing that any high paying job or fully modernized mansion. I salute you girl… can I have some more stuffed peppers and iron sharpening?
With words, song & prayer,
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| Yours Truly, Summer 2011 © Tiffany Monique |