by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 10, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
Let your aroha carry you furtherI close my eyes and envision.The image of a healer.Our foreheads touch as do our noses.So close are we that our breath mergesI sink into the earth and rise above the universe.Connecting as I move through the cosmos.The world tilts when...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 3, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
My 1972 selfYou were right to be skepticalThen you questioned all that you saw.Exposed to changeYou jumped at the chanceTo deviate from the norms of family.Brave beyond common sense, You explored different cultures.I admire that in you,Even though I remember The...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jun 26, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
When I DieIf I die, no when I die,Know that I still have life in me.It may be my time—At this moment the seconds disappear.But I’m here with all my craziness.Know that I leave unwillingly Refuse to accept never-land.For I have seen many lands.Do me this favor—laugh,...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jun 19, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
The First KissThe first kiss, tentative, sweet and pure,Greets one with anticipation.A kiss promises a connection.A kiss sparks the heart to open,The mind to imagine.Oh, that first kissLips to lipsBreath to breathA moment sealed.Sun moon, stars—you choose.The tide of...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jun 18, 2025 | Abbe's Ruminations
This morning at precisely 5:45 am, after a forty- minute swim, I popped out of the pool. Content that the swimmer in the next lane, finished as well. He is my morning buddy; one I hardly know. Once every three or four months, our swims are...
