Dear readers of Butterflies & Phoenixes, When I last updated this website, I was still living in Germany, but shortly before Christmas 2011 we moved to the US and are currently living in the town of West New York, just across the Hudson River from New York City. We have also acquired a new family… Continue reading The Adventures of an Eternal Expat
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Pain
This poem is actually made up of two incomplete poems that I wrote at different times. I figured they go pretty well together. Writing down our thoughts Can be spewing out our pain Which gushes forth like a river Of cold and icy rain When you lack someone trusted In which to confide Your worries… Continue reading Pain
Lonely Christmas
This was written one Christmas several years ago when I was feeling both sad and happy about spending Christmas on my own. I was sad because people tend to spend the festive season together, but happy because it was strangely liberating to know that I didn’t have to be one of those people who is… Continue reading Lonely Christmas