Thaw

 

 

H a l l e l u j a h

 

and thank heaven

 

that

 

t h e   t h a w 

 

is  coming.

 

 

Thank heaven 

 

that 

 

with every drip

of 

 

January's grip

that

 

February's love

 

is 

 

revealed.

 

Soon

your joy 

 

will spill out from golden vessels 

 

of gratitude

 

and 

 

overflow to others

 

and fill their cups.

 

 

But we know that winter will return

yet we cultivate and nourish

with 

 

seeds of praise.

H a l l e l u j a h .

all photos are mine and can be seen on my Instagram page Les Dames D'Abord

 

Are You Ready?

We were not.

We were not quite ready 

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to 

let go of each other.

After a phone call from the lab

reporting a "suspicion of cancer"

we 

laughed at the silly stories we tell each

looked out the frosty kitchen window

to admire 

the ordinary finch pecking at the dead flowers

in the broken pots

and we looked up into the black canvas

of night

to discover that

the stars were 

ours.

Hallelujah. 

Thank you for all your emails. All is well.

 

 

 

Music Box

The heart is like

a

music box.

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Every time you open it

a note 

chimes out

and another and then another

until you realize

that all the tuned teeth plucking against

a cold

steel plate

harmonize into a single

life's song.

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Keep your music box open

and

never lock it

because something unexpected can happen:

an ordinary 

scientific phenomenon

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can become a unicorn horn

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that reaches up and out 

to find

life
 
while dreams lay buried

under the spell of winter's stillness.

Happy December

and a reminder

that from now on

you can find me on

Instagram 

under the name

Les Dames D'Abord 

Come and share 

in 

the enchantment of winter

 

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 and in 

all 

the seasons

of your life.

It's like Narnia out there 

where I live

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anita pelayo rivera les dames d'abord

 and on the 

inside

there will always be

a place 

for you.

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Cool As Ice

(This post does NOT reflect my relationship. It is only a translation of a beautiful song with words and photos. You have to hear the music.)

I'm in love with a guy 

who is 

cool as ice

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so much that when the sun 

burns at its zenith

and its fire kindles 

within me

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he knows exactly

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how to  

cool me off.

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His exquisite touch puts me in

ecstasy

  

 and his kiss is a libation
 

that stirs within my cup

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 that sets me free onto

calm waters of pleasure.

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I'm addicted

to the relief he brings me

so much that I have become 

summer itself

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just as an excuse to riot in
 

his icy embrace.

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I'm in love with a guy who is

cool as ice

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and the sun of my summer

has now set.

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Winter

 has now risen above me

however

taking my heart with it

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and leaving me cold. 

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I'm in love with a guy who is

cold as ice

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in whose frigid waters

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I have over-indulged.

I have become 

like him

and my love has melted 

to nothing.

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Absolutely 

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header art by Adelle Macero