chocolate chip cookie

 Letting the 

Sweet sun

Give me 

The biggest hug

As I ate

The most

Decadent 

Chocolate chip cookie

Is the meaning

Of a enjoying

A moment

You never

Would have 

Savored before

But now

The melted goodness

Makes life

A palatable pleasure

The one thing

 You allow me

To reap goodness

As I sit here

Upon grateful tears

You’re asking 

For a trust

I’ve never given

Didn’t know

If I had it

Surrender 

Turns out

It is available 

If I relinquish 

The one thing

I’ve wanted

But never had

Control

days

 Hermes scarf

Yankees ball cap 

Jeans

Braces

And muddy Nikes 

The outfit 

Of the day

Trying to add

A little whimsy

To my reality

Cooler temperatures

Have me reaching

For that shredded

Martha’s Vineyard

Sweatshirt

I can’t seem

To part with

It brings

The memory

To life

Three years later

Letting gratitude flow

Blessed to see

The wild world

Created for 

Enjoying

Savoring

And preserving

Relishing the day

For what it is

Not for selfish

Desires

holler

 In the hollers

Deep in

Those peaks

Finding faith

In the oasis

Of hope

On which

Survival is hinged

When the 

Only hope

Is in

The Father

Son

And Holy Ghost

luxuries

 In the quiet 

Of this early morning 

Feeling peace

The fan

Going round

Is not

To be taken

For granted again

Staring upward

Grateful 

Because

Simple pleasures

Have become

True luxuries

stud

 Listening to church this morning I heard something that’s shaken my soul. God doesn’t change our circumstances. We change amidst them. I’ve never heard something so simple, yet for me so truthful. In seven days, God in His glory upended my worldview. Upended everything I believed. 

Torn down

To studs

And shown

Love

That comes

When searching 

Is too tiring

Your work

Begins

When I

Stop seeking

Love yourself and one another

burberry

 In the cool 

Breezes 

My soul reclines

In sweet 

Soliloquies 

Burberry trench

Hunter boots

And leaves

Changing to 

Hues of orange

And bright reds

Bring to mind

Memories

Of a New England

Escape 

Full of coffee

And cannolis