A Letter to Love Yourself
Love yourself.
Do not believe society’s concept of beauty
Cause truly
You are a masterpiece
created by the Master,
God,
you are beautiful
you are skin and bones
Human,
you are not made of metaphors
Your strength is fire, it's never ending
You are not...
Beautiful
Beautiful the Sun
Beautiful the Moon
Beautiful the Stars in the sky.
Beautiful the Earth
Beautiful the Water
Beautiful the Creatures.
Beautiful the Spirit
Beautiful Creator
Beautiful the Ancestors.
Beautiful the Angels
Beautiful our Guides
Beautiful our Higher Selves.
Beautiful the Teachers
Beautiful the Healers
Beautiful Humanity,
Beautiful the...
The Beauty of the Lotus Flower
The Beauty of the lotus flower
If you stand alone in a pond
You may witness a lotus flower,
Blooming through mud and guck
The mud has yielded courageous roots for this water lily.
So that it can blossom...
Green Flash
The legendary green flash is real.
After more than fifty years
living on the coast
and countless sunset viewings,
I finally saw it,
as the last slice of ripe tangerine
slipped into
the horizon’s expectant mouth.
I had thought it a tall...
Everything I Need I Found in My Closet
My house has the charm of the 1920s when it was built,
sturdy, with lots of crown molding, with a bit of a tilt.
It resides amid the trees atop a flight of fifty steps,
So, carrying...
Never forget
Never forget the impact
Never forget
The difference
You have made
In my life
I know I am not
Your family
But in my heart
And for me
You have shown me
That family can be or is
The greatest treasure of
Unconditional love
And trust
That we...
Left to Crumble but not without Purpose
decided
it's the stories
we tell ourselves
that matter the most
each day
a rambling dialogue
with ourselves
with our souls
cataloging our symptoms
our moments
of feelings
that become so much more
when we give them a label
when we ponder
and fester
and focus
on all that we
never...
Depth Finder
While we marvel at the dolphin
or whale breaking surface, this great
leap is followed by a great surrender
back into what no one can see.
These surges of power are always
followed by a letting go.
Like the whale,...
Man… What if…?
What if all of your triggers were just old defense mechanisms and behavior patterns that your mind picked up due to old traumas? What if everytime a trigger or trauma response came up it...
Can You Love Me?
A wise voice asks
A few questions of me
Ones that force me to pause
And consider thoroughly.
“Can you love your body
Through and through,
Regardless of its size,
No matter what it can do?”
My face scrunches up
At this ridiculous...
The Author and Artist Hour featuring C.E. Flores with Toni Lontis
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Join Toni Lontis as she sits down with C.E. Flores to explore her life and the passions that shape her identity. Grab a cup of tea, sit back,...
The Static Belonging
Not living
But frozen
Like a spaghetti stain
On a wall
Dripping of anger
EXPRESS
Express because the
Anger was
FROZEN
Static Being
Stuck in whispers
Of That ARE
THIS
How to express
The vibrant
Moving Center?
THAT are Thou
No static measurements
Just knowing
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