by Rev Alisha

Tag: community

  • A Hollowing

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    This feelingof sun dancing on wavesthe cool wisp of windyou can almost hear the whales singI breathe it all in. And just like that. The tides change. The waves no longer lapping my chin,I find myself deep within reachingfightingbreathing it never felt so far awaypanic and pain is all that remain So I let goGive…

  • Floating in this dingy

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    Some days I am overjoyed at my decision to leave Canada and move to Australia. To start anew. To reinvent myself. To make new friends. To try new things. Some days it’s exhilarating and I find myself wanting to pinch myself to remind me it’s real. But other days, days like today, I wonder why.…

  • Stuck

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    I am 10 years old all over again.In a classroom, with a cubby where I put my cold cutsThe air is dozyThe floors are tinted orange, speckled brownIt reminds me of dirt and of earthand how I belongbut alas there are wallsand childrenwho look just like meand we are trapped in this microcosm of spaceand…

  • Praying Without Words

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    Letting the sun of spring hit my faceonly reminds me of the goodness that is always heredeep within me when I remember to slow my pace. So I treasure the sound of rustling leaves as the gum trees sway.And in this wind I remember to pray. Not the ‘Dear God’ words I was taught when…