Monarca Rising

Tag: renewal

  • An Element of Blank

    “Pain—has an Element of Blank— It cannot recollect When it begun—or if there were A time when it was not— It has no Future—but itself— Its Infinite Contain Its Past—enlightened to perceive New Periods—of Pain.”-Emily Dickinson An Element of Blank by Carmen H Gray I am enlightened to perceive An Element of Blank Meaning, I…

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  • Mariquita

    “At the center of your being you have the answer-you know who you are and what you want”-Lao Tzu Mariquita by Carmen H Gray Mariquita, was it only by chance That your silently bright presence Compelled me to glance In a momentary way As you traversed the mirror Above the piano display Your crimson shell…

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  • Love Holds Anger

    “You know how big love is? Love is big. love can hold anger; love can even hold hatred.”-Alice Walker Love Holds Anger by Carmen H Gray My heart is so big It can consume your anger And his and hers and theirs, too Give it to me I will pump it through The dark velvet…

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  • Infinite Night

    Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.…

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  • Pauses

    Over a meal, a relative asked, “so is everything back to normal?”  I nodded my head resolutely while my son sitting next to me shook his head emphatically and said, “no.”  “What do you mean?”  I asked him.  “It will never be normal again. Things have changed.” No truer words were spoken over the holiday.…

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  • Waking Up

    My two babes before they were teens…hanging out at the creek on a sunny, winter day. Having a child who just got cleared of cancer a few days before Thanksgiving gave us the opportunity to be really authentic with each other at events on both sides of the family.  There were honest conversations, there were…

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  • The C-Word Revisited November 23, 2014 8:28 p.m.

    in the beginning

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  • Release

    “No experience has been too unimportant, and the smallest event unfolds like a fate, and fate itself is like a wonderful, wide fabric in which every thread is guided by an infinitely tender hand and laid alongside another thread and is held and supported by a hundred others.” -Rainer Maria Rilke Returning to the Ordinary…

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  • Las Orugas Monarcas Oct 14, 2014 8:34pm

    I am seeing life through new eyes, just like Ava.  I think we shared an unspoken first moment of “we need to give back” right after the diagnosis.  It’s like my friend, Susanna Sharpe mentioned, you just feel this deep need to do more for others after cancer.The other day before I headed to the…

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