Pen to Paper

For those who are really interested in things, I’ve started an additional page on here where I’m sharing some of the various pieces I have written in my writing sessions. Melissa Green from Write from the Heart runs awesome session at our cancer institute. I am just staring my second 8-week session with her and the group of amazing survivors. The page is just a running collect of various things I’ve written. The newest on top, making it easy to stay up to date. My latest piece pertaining to a bowl of stones:

March 27, 2019
Cancer and Creative Writing – LG Health
Prompt – Bowl of Stones (I Pulled an Almond)

An almond in a bowl of stones, that’s how I feel at times.  
Lost
Misplaced
In an environment that isn’t right.  
Fragile
Waiting for the shoe to step on the one item that will shatter
the weak one
me.  
I used to be strong
Hard as a rock
Able to weather the storms
But things have changed.  
The hard outer shell you see is misleading
A lie.   
A little extra pressure and I’ll crumble
Change
Break.  
Fall to pieces while my surroundings remain in tact.  
I long to be a stone again with the strength to withstand
the composition to remain
but alas I’ll remain like this almond

You can find this piece and others over on my Pen to Paper page. Feel free to pop in anytime and if you know other cancer survivors who might be interested in these sessions, which are free, please reach out to me and I can provide details!