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I grew up feeling ugly, did you?
I went through some old photos recently in preparation for my post about my daddy’s guitar. As I was looking at my baby pictures, I thought I was pretty cute. I see how much my daughter resembles me and I think she is beautiful. When I was about 3, the age Meredith is in the photo, I had to start wearing glasses. Glasses for kids back in the early 80s were not near as attractive as they are now. They pretty much looked like old lady glasses. Like Sophia on “The Golden Girls.” I hated my glasses until I got the pair that had little strawberry…
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Buried Within
“Buried Within” 12-22-99 Buried within, my lonely heart cries, with pain often reserved for when someone special dies. How in the hell can I see other men, when I can’t stop thinking of what might have been? The one thing I do feel is love, so strong and endless, as if sent from above. I saw fear and confusion when I looked into his eyes, but never once thought I’d see lies. Everyone says my love for him is not a sin, and perhaps it is not my heart that is buried within.
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Waiting
“Waiting” 11-28-99 Button up the windows, it’s time to go to sleep. While sewing up the shadows for a life without dreams. But wait for a phone call, it’s time to reflect today. While knitting a sweater for a heart cold with hate.
