Sunlight
Bright spring sunlight,
strengthen my bones and my resolve.
Gently caress my battle scars-
those easily seen and the others,
so carefully hidden from view.
Embrace me with your warm golden arms,
Sinking into my skin and touching my heart.
Yellow light behind closed eyelids,
radiate throughout my body,
and heal my soul.
I'm digesting the changes in my life, and sometimes it gives me heartburn.”
About Annette
I grew up with five siblings in a working class neighborhood outside Washington, D.C. I have been writing or telling stories in some form or another for many years. As my old life was dismantled, I found journal writing and later blogging to be the release I...
Connections
Causes Annette Talbert Supports
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, RIF (Reading is Fundamental),
Hands On Foundation, Dignity U Wear, Girls, Inc.
Annette’s Favorite Books
To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Jane Eyre, The Story of Seabiscuit, The Diaries of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Among Schoolchildren, Narnia Series...
May it be so, Annette. May it
May it be so, Annette. May it be so.
Jodi, Thanks for that
Jodi,
Thanks for that peaceful mantra. I actually repeated that to myself this morning as I headed indoors to work and left the beautiful sunrise behind me.
Annette