by redclay | Apr 17, 2020 | Poetry
WE WILL
Candace Leber, April 16, 2020, Friends of Guest House
And I said to her: Will you see how wonderful you are?
And she said: Will you show me?
And I Said to her: Will you forgive yourself?
And she said: Will I have suffered enough?
And I said to us: Will we ever love ourselves?
And we said: Will we help each other?
by redclay | Apr 16, 2020 | Poetry
“And i said to her, ‘Why am I different?’ She said to me, ‘For you were made to stand out.'” Yes, Chazcie, yes!
Finding Yourself
Finding yourself
And I said to her
Who am i
And she said
You are who you think you are
And i said to her
Why am i different
She said to me
For you were made to stand out
And i said to her
Let go of me i want to be free
and she said you’ve been free,
you blocked yourself from yourself
by redclay | Mar 27, 2020 | Poetry
Time
Aimee Treakle, Friends of Guest House
What if I think of this
time as a drop of water
falling into a puddle with
such fluidity that it makes
no ripples adding to the
volume of time without
the waves of action and
reaction. Simply sliding into the
next moment.
In this most sacred time
feed your spirit. While the
sand is falling silently body
and mind muted with solidarity
spend these precious grains
of time feeding your soul.
I promise myself to not
get lost in the sound
of silence the soundless
steps through the
sands of time.
I promise the world we
won’t be muted forever.
The seconds will tick the
minutes will thud and the
hours will ring. The drop
will birth waves and
the sands will sing.
by redclay | Mar 10, 2020 | Visual Arts
What do you want your life to look like? Visualizing is such a first critical step, and our clients in the Community Readiness Unit (those getting ready for release) at the Arlington County Detention Facility put such incredible thought and vision into their mandalas. We just had to share a few with you.
by redclay | Mar 6, 2020 | Visual Arts
It takes a superwoman to share her vulnerability.
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by redclay | Feb 28, 2020 | Poetry
Kindness
Zandra Johnson, Friends of Guest House
by redclay | Feb 28, 2020 | Poetry
Fearless
Author unknown, Friends of Guest House
by redclay | Feb 28, 2020 | Poetry
Anxiety
Aimee Treakle, Friends of Guest House
by redclay | Feb 23, 2020 | Poetry , Public Speaking
Writing poetry is hard enough, and writing Valentine’s Day poems – then reading them aloud – takes a fearlessness that few of us have. Thank you Aimee and Rachel from Friends of Guest House for having that courage.
Rachel Seidel wrote a Valentine’s Day poem to her daddy. We. Love. Take a listen here .
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Aimee wrote about seeing someone. Really, really seeing. Listen to her here . What do you think?
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by redclay | Feb 23, 2020 | Poetry
When a poet adds “My life today seems pretty great!” at the end of her poem. Because yes.
My Voice Today
Zandra Johnson (Friends of Guest House)
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