Can pain and peace coexist?

Today I asked myself “Can pain and peace coexist?” The question arose because I was talking to a friend who was comforting me while I was processing a painful grievance. As she comforted me and I stopped feeling self-pity for my loss, I realized that…

a decorative poem

Sometimes, you do something and you feel like writing about it. Sometimes the words dance in your head, forming a poem or a series of paragraphs. This was one of those times. I redecorated my living room over the course of a weekend, and the…