“go ahead” has been a response over the years, but now a movement toward giving deliberate permission.

alone

I moved out

How can you go this long without talking about something real,I thought.But how deep can you get in a tree housewithout a basementand two car garage. You need a two car garage,… and I needed to be socially contracted to you. If I sent out a too weak(s) notice would you have come to my…

July 2, 2024

lex ford

appalachia, breakup, dissolve, lex fords, moving on, patterns, poetry, processing, prose, relationships, tracing, western pennsylvania, writer, writing

adulting, alone, boundaries, breakup, confidence, dissolve, growing, independence, living, move out, moving on, next chapter, poetry, prose, reframing, relationships, thinking
House with too much Air

My ears ring.Though it is silent now,I know that I have heard good,loud music before.The snare still rattles my arms.Though I am still now,I know that I have moved with the swarmof thousands before.The interviewer asked,”How did you find the drive?””The sweet smell of the woods in Spring bound my return,and return,and return,and return.”I wonder…

April 8, 2024

lex ford

poetry, prose, songs

adulting, alone, boundaries, concert, confidence, daughter, empty nest, family, growing, live music, love, meditating, mother, moving on, music, next chapter, poem, poetry, prose, relationships, senses, solitude, songs, the woods, wilderness