Inspiration comes in fits and spurts, laced with time, warmed with the heart. Each of my offerings began with a whisper, a pause to see, hear, and reflect.
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Intersections
Ambition alone is only ardent desire
Aspiration is the making of dreams
Inspiration applies a vision
Motivation creates a plan
Only when they intersect is there success
Spinning
Along the axis
Of worldly rotations
Continued motion
precludes inevitable
Emotions
The Spark of Light
Surprise yourself
A crack in the veneer
That takes your breath away
A view exposes
Another you
Who knows what lies within and beyond.
Let the radiance shine through.
Best is a Trap
What was, was
What is, is
And what will be, will be.
Change morphs over and over
Where are you in all of this?
Every moment counts
Because the “you” engages and deepens.
The experience needs no label of best
Let that rest.
Wedding Dress
I gave away my wedding dress
The one with the open back
Puckered silk the color of
Blue skies
My waist indented
My neckline deeply V’d
Exposing my heart
In the puckers I discovered
A warm body needs the other soul
I gave away my wedding dress
Exposed I melted inward
Disappeared in the folds
I gave away my wedding dress
Which wasn’t mine but
Yours.
Penniless
I came into this world
With nothing
I will leave with
Insights
Love,
Strength,
Confusion
Kindness
Understanding
Enriched
About Abbe
Abbe Rolnick grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. Her first major cultural jolt occurred at age 15 when her family moved to Miami Beach, Florida. To find perspective, she climbed the only non-palm tree at her condo complex and wrote what she observed. History came alive with her exposure to Cuban culture. After attending Boston University, she lived in Puerto Rico, where she owned a bookstore. Once Stateside, she capitalized on the knowledge she gained as an independent bookstore owner and worked for one of the finest bookstores, Village Books, in Bellingham, Washington. Once a CEO of a manufacturing firm and owner of a healthy foods café, she is now retired and spends her time writing.
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