Adjusting

traveling home from another land

there is so much to adjust to

then you throw in love, lust,

expenses, and cultural disappointments

It all is a great big recipe for heart ache and tears

loneliness and loss

But at the same time

I feel so rich with adventure and inspiration

It is all such a hard knot to untangle

to figure out which end ties to what

and where is my place

in this great big beautiful

mess

-Abby

here and there

Thursday nite here
Thursday morn there
hours behind. worlds apart.
falling in love so far from home is not an easy conversation to relay across such
time barriers.
it is not an easy conversation.
But I do my best to stay afloat
to remain calm through this and stay in my truth
honoring this love for what it is.
knowing that they too will see this love clearly as it comes into focus.
as there becomes here
and here is no longer so far from there.

As a Tree

Our lives so deeply rooted in the west

embracing what is true

growing up

experiencing new sights

reaching out to new ideas

enduring the seasons of life

growing tall and strong

grounded by the roots of true friendship

and the support from the seeds of past generations

We become comfortable with who we are

in all of the layers of our bark

to our core

Only then can we grow with another

to form a relationship with deep roots

based on love

with similar ideals to plant and watch new seeds grow

know that I will always be by your side

when the leaves blow from your branches

or when the snow is too heavy to bear

to talk and laugh as trees do

in the whispers of the wind

........Abby