I didn’t waste 
time trying to 
piece back together 
the broken parts 
because anything shattered 
won’t line up 
rather I started 
over from scratch 
with the knowledge 
of what didn’t 
not what had
taking the best 
I shaped it 
slowly into this 

I have no
no this and
no that but
what I don’t 
have is nothing 
you see having 
is far less 
more than nothing 
is ever no
nothing implies that 
something is missing 
whereas no only 
leads to yes
to one’s everything 

We attract 
that which
we are
not what 
we want 
or need
so be 
the thing 
that you 
desire others
to be 

She blossoms just 
once a year 
always around now 
during this season 
she sits quietly 
up on her 
perch in window 
waiting and watching 
time go by 
and by little 
orchid magic hangs
her own yellow 
and red ornament 
as if to 
say happy holidays