Hearts survive, but to thrive you need to let go of rage.
Bitterness and anger leave no space for God's consoling angel.


MC

RIDING ON THAT SILENT TIDE

there is no spring
there is no breath
of hope to warm
the chill of no-home

a woman cried,
and clung to her pain

there is no blossoming
on these skeletal
bones, dark trees
dead eyes, wet streets
sleet-glazed debris

a woman cried
and attributed blame

god killed, did the deed
made her plead
god chilled the dead
hands of her child
god lied

a woman cried
and refused the balm
of tears, facing fears
sharing years of pain

a woman cried
and in her pride
she cried alone

MC

Being right is what makes defeat hard to swallow.

"Conversations with Ivan Shapiro"

Mathematics is one of those artifacts we create so we can comfort ourselves with science.

From "Conversations with Ivan Shapiro"

WISDOM FROM THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS
(The Good Eunuch's Guide
to Running a Tight Harem
in Loose-Crotched Pants)

mute as a broken lute
is how a woman should be
and once she reaches
a certain age
she should be
neither heard
nor seen

a veil should hide
scars and marks
of life's travail
least such
should rob
pleasure
from the hearts
and loins
of worthy men
and their desire fail...

M.C.

True stories are hard to tell, and sometimes even harder to listen to.

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Manuela