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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Me and My Shadow
Me and My Shadow
Along the way, a shadow is cast.
Looming large and small
Behind past and into future
Silhouettes merge until there
Is only one… me
Poised
Poised
Light plays tricks
A shadow hand
Moves along paper
With pen
Invisible marks
Yet still poised
Thoughts resist
Retreat from
Pen and ink.
Till another time
~Abbe
Flexibility
Flexibility
Power understands
Trust allows one to rise and fall
Control stiffens-snaps
Flexibility bends-endures
When the wind takes its toll
~Abbe
Nature’s Math
Nature’s Math
Mathematics with all its certainty
Equations added and subtracted
If only, life held to easy analysis
That one plus one
Always equals two.
But with one, there be another
An equation explodes with subsets.
~Abbe
Garden Breathe
Garden Breathe
Planted among the greens
A lady in a sleeveless dress of purple swirls
Tugs at stubborn weeds
She reaches for the brown of dirt
To let the garden breathe.
~Abbe
Minimal Residual Disease
Minimal Residual Disease
A metaphor of life
Do the least harm
As you pass
Age follows our mark
Gentle touches
Let the earth be lined
With a wrinkle of us
Passing through
Moments of time
~Abbe
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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