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The unravelling

Is this what it looks like?The unravelling?The threads I thought held me togetherslowly pulled at one by one. With a twist and a tug,busyness,gets stripped away,and underneathduty and guilt, are knotted about me.They too are untangledrevealingshame and perfection. The unravellingis disorienting. As the threads unwind I am spun around, no longer sure which way is … Continue reading The unravelling

On compassion

My eldest has started a new school this year, and each year they have theme that they focus on for the whole year. This year the theme is compassion. The dictionary defintion of compassion is "to suffer with" and it contains the same latin root, pati as one of my words for the year passion. … Continue reading On compassion