January | 2017 | Fawn Rising

The Dark Side of Attachment Addiction

Not so very long ago I found myself involved in two relationships back-to-back. Both are puzzling to me and I find that after multiple marriages (another addiction?) followed by 13 years single, they made absolutely no sense. Yet the marriages did not “make sense” either with the exception of a desperate need to care […]

I Will Love Again

The signs were there. I ignored them. The comfort of being loved was overwhelmingly sought by me. Now, I must deal with the loss. Feel it. Experience it. Allow it. Forgiveness is important. It takes less energy and allows me to reclaim my own power. To resent or hate or withhold forgiveness is giving away […]

A Child’s Cheek

I Humans Unforgiving terrorizing deliverers of ultimatums Sequestered in forests of greed Boiling dreams of their highest And best into stews of carnage. II How deliberate is this action of desired power? Can we set it aside and allow The bold scenting of A never-ending nightmare to fester And remain forever heightened? III Hope awaits […]

Word Soup Mountain Climbing

Not a smidgen of love and unselfishness remain (in the delicious balming love I follow) for the greed of excrementitiousness today. Fawn Rising Words assigned: remain balm greed smidgen delicious excrementitiousness love unselfish

Tears of Grace

Her most notable accomplishments Were ~ nothing at all. She did nothing spectacular She hurt not one living entity She caused no harm to her enemies She made each being feel acceptance She heard not criticism nor spoke of any harshness She felt plodded traversed bled wove And held high an even keel A sameness […]

We Are All Addicts

Combining the Judeo-Christian recovery program of 12-Steps with Buddhist psychology and spiritual practice in a way that is balm for the soul, means we can finally take a step back. Breathe. Opening our hearts to acceptance and compassion and forgiveness, we find we are able to extend the hand of peace as we nurture each […]