Small Poems on Loss

~ Sweet Solitude ~

The silence of death at first impossible to face

has become a haven for contemplation, a

sweet place to discover who I am to be

now on my own

JoMae

10/24/19

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~ New Normal ~

Life will never be the same, yet

 will hold wonder once again

new joy  new pain  found

in a new plane gained

right here on earth

JoMae

10/26/19

Image of Godde

~ Beyond Gender ~

The Spirit of Godde

as mirrored in mortals is

seen not only in people called

’he’ as if our Creator were male

reflected only by males as

taught in the language of

patriarchy

The Spirit of our Creator

whose image, reflected in our

mothers and fathers since the day

of creation, echoes that essence

gifted to all - such mystery, for

Godde is Spirit and we but

mortal clay.

Mystery - for Godde is Spirit

not bound by human limitation, yet

most persist in naming our Creator ‘HE’

engraving an image on our mind’s eye
an exclusively male portrait which

blinds us to Divine seen also in 

our Moms

JoMae

10/23/19

Blessed Solitude

~ Blessed Solitude ~

Still puzzling out this strange role reversal

from life as a couple to life on my own

a lifetime as ‘we’ then suddenly ‘me’

so long a pair, it often seems

I’m walking now with one

sandal gone missing

so nesting at home where

shoes are not needed

curling up snug with

books and a pen

I ponder away

 - I’m happy

again 

JoMae

10/21/19

Paradox

~ Paradox ~

How can I turn my face from love now gone

to lose my heart to writing and the joy of

words new born on waves of sorrow

along with hope and comfort 

for all of my tomorrows 

Two Truths

appearing to be

opposite yet in

reality are

One

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Year Three

I sense shadows shifting

light breaking through

energy reviving like

like a new moon

rising at the 

horizon

JoMae

12/3/18

Grief Journal

~  Grief Journal ~

Heart cracked open by painful loss

words pour out a healing balm

ponderously bridging the

gaping void separating

before  and  after

JoMae

10/20/19

 Painting by

JamesBrowne.net

Resemblance

~ RESEMBLANCE ~

Our Godde whose image I too echo

in whose very essence I am made

Godde to whom I am beloved, is

the Godde who 'looks' like me

who 'looks' also like my brother 

and my father and my mom

Holy Godde, in whose Spirit we’re

created, molded  to reflect divine

brightly shining in our mothers

an echo often un-proclaimed 

Mom’s reflection seldom mentioned

as is our father’s - yet both bearers

of the holy image, her’s unspoken

veiled, invisible and out of mind

Two souls created in the likeness

of our FatherMother Godde

yet to the one we are kept

Blind

JoMae

5/20/19

How blessed to see the souls of both my parents reflect the image of our Heavenly FatherMother - Creator whose image I too reflect.

Weeding Words

~ Gardening ~

I’m weeding words this morning

working in my garden of flowering

syllables. Trimming back abundance

planting new ideas to cultivate tomorrow

while dreaming of fresh color, tone and joy

recurring always in the turning of the soil each

Season

JoMae

10/7/19

New Version

Collage by Artist Nancy Spoelhof.com

~ NEW VERSION ~

One moves and grows

through ebb  and flow

to the comfort, the joy

of resting in her own 

IDENTITY

Of knowing who she is

what works, whose

love embraces and

completes her

BEING

Until death intervenes and 

she must transform her life

rebuild from half to whole

from the old familiar to 

NEW WONDER

Inventing from her past self a fresh

new version with new purpose,

new blossoms  from old roots

to find who she is now to be

ON HER OWN

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~ RE-CONSTRUCTION ~

A shattered vessel when it is

mended will be changed

- a new version of its

SELF

A friend added

this insight:

A vase smashed open
waits the mender
unaware the skill
resides inside

Love it! Thank you

Jayne Heetderks!

JoMae

10/7/19

Grace

~ Grace ~

It is as if the 

light of Christ within me

reaches out as needed when

I am floundering - lost - alone

to catch me lest I fall into a pit

to gently guide me on my way

enlighten my discernment and

bring me safely home again to

Godde 

JoMae

9/30/19

Thinking today of my sense of Godde’s Grace - that it’s not so much a reaching in to guide us, rather a flowing of the Spirit from within.  Christ living in us. What a blessing!

Self Conscious

~ Self Conscious ~

Pushing at the outer boundaries of my comfort zone

facing a simple challenge - yet one to stress me out

success feels like one enormous leap to celebrate

although minute in the normal scheme of things

- Stepping Out With A Cane ~

JoMae

9/3/19