Bridle the Beast, poetry by Tricia

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It’s the piece that stays with you 

The one that won’t leave

The annoying brat that 

Tugs at your sleeve

The haunting memory 

That painful episode

The awkward rendezvous

That makes your head explode.

That which stays with you 

Is the thing to examine

To gain some insight 

To shift what will happen

So instead of the torment

You are blessed with release

Make peace with your past

Bridle the beast

From that moment on 

Your days you may find 

More peaceful and freer

As the tension unwinds

You may be astounded 

By the expanse it creates

The gray of despair 

Now colored with grace. 

Tricia Schwaba 2020, From the Archives

Sue Bender

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“Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out who you are is not simple. It takes a lot of hard work and courage to get to know who you are and what you want.”
— Sue Bender

This Time I Swear

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During moments when I am connected to all

Nothing is impossible, no obstacle too tall

Then I flip back, feel all possibilities end

And cry pity-filled tears, praying for amends.

Smiling at the winds that blow through my hair

I take another oath. And this time I swear.

Tricia Schwaba, From the Archives

His True Self

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I see his true self, safe within the boundary of his self-imposed cushion. Though the time for padding is done he offers up a fruitless effort  to stuff his destiny farther down, but fate is stronger than his insecurity. Sooner or later truth sprouts through the layers revealing all that is, from clear eyes and a body that serves with strength, free movement & harmony.

Tricia Schwaba 2021