olsen overlook

open your heart to a city
      and it will engulf you
balancing on greens and seas I feel you in the air, on my skin

It is in the stillness that I find ease,
listening to the chords that balance my core.

watching you play in your new world
      taking steps backward, no regard for forward momentum
      you trust that it is within you
      with clarity I am envious of


We create walls that keep us from ourselves
only to spend our lives learning that the key to freedom is experience.

forgiveness

I am of you
I take nothing from you
Your void has been the plot for overgrown happiness
I dream of sorrow overtaking yours
              even after all of this, I can still say I love you to the stillness. And mean it, father.

Pacific Grove

I was saved by the sea. Shifting through the rock that surrounds me, rooted deeply. A tree.

It is no longer a dream
    come home Janet, come home.