Open to Interpretation

Do these words themselves have meaning,

Or do we assign the meaning only as perception?

Is it possible to be without meaning, and at the same time meaningful,

Based solely on the experience of the perceived interpreter?

When you answer, will my interpretation 

Equal your expectation of my perception?

To dust

I wore my favorite dress today

Colors bright and true

To make me feel a part of things

To bring a different hue 

Than just the blue

I even wore the earrings 

That match quite perfectly

Colorful polka dot butterflies

Can't even make me see

The bright in me

I told them all to go away

The lovers and the friends

I said I'd be in touch sometime

But we all know how it ends

No real amends 

So when you see me walking

Slowly to your door

Know that I'm quite fragile

Though also I am more

worth waiting for

Cherry bomb

Cool cherries

Juicy and plump

Luscious flesh

Bursting and gushing

Sweet pink juice

Down my lips

And fingers

Heart Throbs

Feeling abysmally lonely.

Although lovers are easily enough available,

I feel compelled to blow them

off and leave them longing,

While my heart throbs for something more substantial, someone to please who pleases me too.  

Blue

I cried on my yoga mat this morning

Mourning

All the love I've lost

My family

My home

Lovers

Friends

Bridges I've burned

People I've hurt

Those who hurt me

And I realize

Slowly

As if under water

My thinking is swimming

In a vast ocean of blue

That you

Reflect what I can't see

A mirror image 

Of all that is missing in me

Ode to feeling bloated in the bath

Oh, chocolate covered potato chips
you naughty devil
you delightful coupling
of salty and sweet
firm and crisp yet creamy and smooth
you make my knees weak
but I can't help noticing
the way you make me feel
deep inside.

Mira Mar

Sometimes a memory will just unhinge me.  

For some reason I just thought about the name my Mom gave our homestead,

MiraMar Farm,

Means "Look at the Sea"

A reminder to look for the beauty, even when it seems distant.

Now lost entirely 

To someone else's memory.