The death of Rush Limbaugh has brought up an unexpected feeling in me – grief. No, not for him, but for my father, or rather – who my father should have been, instead of who he is and has become. As a child, my dad led the adult Sunday School class, the choir, and later […]
“My meringue flopped (insert frowny face)” It was a text I got just a couple weeks into our dating relationship. D had made a lemon meringue pie to take to a family reunion, and she was pretty disappointed with how it turned out. I don’t remember what I said back, something empathic – I’m sure. […]
Dear seventeen year old, Charity…
I’m just going to come out and say it right here in the beginning, even though I know it isn’t the popular opinion right now. I think Ellen is right. And before you start to formulate your arguments back, post the memes and excerpts from other writers, and quote James Baldwin to me (Whom I […]
Morning is like a quiet gracethat peaceful first inhale of the soulthe tell-tale signs of lightbehind closed eyelids Beauty erupts from a colorful skyas she blushes while her bride, the sunrises up to meet herafter gentle caresses of light and dawn Little birds get caught up in raptureof the beauty of the loveas lovers reunite […]
Last night I dreamtabout my neighborsNo, not the ones wholive nearby The ones whose criesI can’t get outof my head Whose facesbrown and tiredhave endured morethan I’ll ever know Like the women I’ve sat withand listened towhose stories of homelandsound like nightmares and weeping My neighborwho worries her sonmay not come homewhile I hold mine […]
The wild beauty of the thistleWine in a glass or communion chaliceThe ok-ness of not knowingYet still seeking, believing in the hopeThe wind rustling the branches of the trees and my heartThe promise of connection and mystery Copyright 2019, Charity M. Muse Do you enjoy what you are reading? If you would like to receive […]
The sky dotted with shifting cloudsThe water calling back to the skyThe bluebird chirping in the eveningMy daughter’s eyes looking at meSinging along with Joni MitchellThe promise of invitation to the song Copyright 2019, Charity M. Muse Do you enjoy what you are reading? If you would like to receive exclusive content, please sign up […]
The shade of the great pecan and oak treesThe fern that dies and comes back againevery yearThe color of my eyes looking at my loveThe grass I lie upon while asking questions toward the skyThe promise of growth and shelter Do you enjoy what you are reading? If you would like to receive exclusive content, […]
The warmth on my aching bodyThe bright immeasurable forceBreaking through darkness and painReflection and beautyGiving life to what’s been buriedThe promise of renewal Do you enjoy what you are reading? If you would like to receive exclusive content, please sign up for my quarterly publication: The Love Letter. Each issue will feature a handwritten poem, […]