Sometimes...relief hurts too...

Sometimes, when the connection is thickest with familiar ease, words are a hindrance to true communication. Source: https://amzn.to/3dt9oYD

read top to bottom and slingshot back to the title. Source: https://amzn.to/3dt9oYD

The precious fragility of privileged living becomes a cave of echoing hollow. -------- follow me on social media @LegitHDNelson. My debut poetry book launches on amazon, March 31st. https://amzn.to/3s...

The aura left in the wake of a loved one's departure ripples out into every facet of daily life in big and small ways and in all directions. Layers upon layers of nuance entangles things on the daily....

In the shallows, I wait. Longing for the warmth of the shore...ever watchful of the deep and its dangers. I wait for you. Wishing I could swim for you…seeing you struggle to stay afloat and knowing yo...

Though I sit small and still, unmoving through precious minutes, I seethe with vibrancy. My legs shrink into a chair with feet unmoving, yet I plan a race each day where your finish line is merely my ...

One word...that slips between my fingers despite all my fisted efforts to the contrary. CONTROL....it was never mine. Source: https://amzn.to/3eee5HR

Excerpt from my Debut poetry book tackling depression, grief, and loss in a pandemic world - with hope as the still silver lining. Source: https://amzn.to/3eee5HR

Ever, always, my rock, you planted yourself into my grief and became your own gravity as my sorrow burst over me like those great ocean waves that day. Source: https://amzn.to/3eee5HR

A nonet inspired by Freud's quote, "Dreams are often most profound when they seem crazy." Source: https://amzn.to/3pGJuoD

Hidden beneath that defiant flicker, is the newborn cry of a creature most rare. Source: https://amzn.to/3rRbnMM

The women are here! Blessed by God, we rise higher still. Not to rest, but to see more shattering done. Source: https://amzn.to/3bXWzGO

Grief and mourning is a gift to the living...Excerpt from poem in an upcoming book, Grappling to Light, publishing March 31st, 2021. Follow here or Insta @LegitHDNelson for excerpts, updates, and news...

Titular poem from new book due March 31st, 2021. Follow here or Insta @LegitHDNelson for excerpts, updates, and news on my latest work. Source: https://amzn.to/3rRbnMM

You gasp and collapse at the effort f your effortless fall....

So bastard Death, unwelcomed guest...I suppose a thanks is due.