I'm having a hard time getting back to my work...the story is there, is waiting...it's hard to pick it up because it is all wound together in the same notebook with my recent ending and I am stuck in my own holding pattern, trying to feel these moments, trying to stay with my pain and not let it drive me crazy, just let it Be.
There is a reason why I try sometimes to keep creative and journal writings separate....it is still to close to read back over that.
Reading others' words, talking - but there is no substitute for time, and things don't get better with just words alone...
The House of the Law of the Heart
Live in the house of the Law of the Heart
Keep warm by the fire, the bitter cold out
Safe to the letter, down to your bones
Nothing gets better with just words alone
The basket is empty the table has chairs
Rhubarb, cherry, cheddar and kale
Seat to be offered, knuckle-down bones
Nothing gets better with just words alone
Out of the kitchen and into the fire
Law of the Heart is never a liar
Sealed and delivered, no broken bones
Nothing gets better with just words alone
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Whys and Hows
- Suzanne Gilbert
- New England, United States
- I earned my BA in Journalism from UMass Amherst and a Certificate of Advanced Theological Studies from Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, MA. I attended 3 years of Amherst Writers & Artists Workshops led by Kathy Dunn and have published several newspaper articles, a piece of short short fiction and a recent poem. For my day job, I work as the Gallery Director for the North Shore Arts Association.
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