My Wordly Wealth

Heather Williamson

Poetry on roots, love, life and faith

Tag: Weathered

  • Sea glass

    I am not what I waswhen I was newnor am I what I should be.Broken by the beatingsof lifeand whirled in its storms.Crashed hard in the rocksand floated endlesslyendlesslybut not drowned.I hope that kind handswill lift me againin time—like sea glass. Read.

  • Weathered love

    I want lived-in loveThe hot heat of romance burns itself outBut the quiet strength of weathered loveHas something moreLove that has sat upon a tempestuous seaOf sorrow or troubleThat has desperately wept at hopelessnessOr sickness long sufferedBut has risen still with the dawnAnd with deliberate fresh devotionThis is loveThis outlasts, outstrips the sprint of early… Read.