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May 17, 2022·edited May 17, 2022Liked by Kaitlin Curtice

The night before we traveled

for our first vacation since covid

I broke my toe.

This disrupted our plans.

And yet…

instead of visiting museums

and historical sites,

we sat in the B&B garden

drinking our coffee and tea

for hours

and caught up with each other

and remembered, rekindled

the love we share

expressing it

receiving it

treasuring it

resting our hearts in it.

I’m so grateful for the disruption

that led us

to restore our souls.

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Enter your own belonging

And look around

-

Find the hearth of your soul

And sit for a while

-

Take what the world expects

And just say no.

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May 17, 2022Liked by Kaitlin Curtice

Poetry is disruption

Poet Mary Oliver’s famous

Question:

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?”

Disruption

Now, my knees shake, my spirit soars,

My heart stills.

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Disrupt me,

I beg you.

Disrupt me.

I have no scars

to explain over

a glass of wine

in a darkened bar,

my hair not yet

resembling silver

fishing twine.

Disrupt me,

again and again,

until I catch the world

in my worn out wisdom.

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I live on the edge of two tectonic plates

hovering against each other—

the New Madrid Fault, they call it,

as if the floating pieces of earth were a mistake.

The plates have stayed well behaved

in my lifetime,

though I’m haunted by the story

off the earthquake that made the Mississippi flow backward for ten minutes.

It’s always tornado season here—

the sirens and green skies drive us to the basement again and again—

but for some reason it’s an earthquake that I truly fear:

for if the earth itself isn’t stable,

what is?

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May 17, 2022Liked by Kaitlin Curtice

Disruption is

a call in the night

tucking in feet and elbows

rescuing bunny from the floor.

.

Disruption is

half-finished pieces

taking up wall space

in a very scattered studio.

.

Disruption is

a grocery run

because the fruit is gone, again,

instead of the planned date night.

.

Disruption is

a pirate-cat calling

for you to put down the phone

and guard your treasure already.

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May 17, 2022Liked by Kaitlin Curtice

Disruption sounds so violent,

so disturbing,

so destructive,

so daunting and difficult.

And it is,

Even the little things,

The tiny changes

Which affect our lives,

Disrupt our worlds like

Ripples in the water,

Changing the direction of our flow.

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May 17, 2022Liked by Kaitlin Curtice

Sometimes, my entire life feels like

one giant disruption.

Every sound,

movement,

thought,

obligation

has the potential to disrupt

my plans,

expectations,

goals,

hopes -

in the worst way.

And yet,

I have known the beauty in

my beliefs,

thoughts,

fears,

patterns

being gently disrupted

by information,

compassion,

questions,

permission -

in the best way.

How awful,

and wonderful.

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May 17, 2022·edited May 17, 2022Liked by Kaitlin Curtice

shhhhh, a secret.

sometimes i drop the finish line

and just use it as bait. to lure them in,

like a chicken neck to a blue crab.

wait. wait.

there is good stuff in those shiny red balloons.

Like that curious print behind your head, Kaitlin Curtice, waving at me.

good stuff.

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May 17, 2022Liked by Kaitlin Curtice

Disruptions

between

who we

we're created to be

and who we THINK

we are created to be

True self vs False/Shadow self

BUT

we can't

truly or completely

avoid

who we are created to be

disruptions

Holy yet ordinary

divine reminders

in a world and culture

of trauma

that pushes us

individually

to be

tough, unyielding

snarky, quick witted

able to take on

oppression

injustice

at every opportunity

(how exhausting, harmful, and counterproductive)

Disruptions reminds us

We are

siblings

diverse

in identity and experience

designed

to be

strong yet vulnerable

grace filled

in order to

work together

building community

and eliminating

oppression and injustice

together

while intentionally

resting regularly

(before it is overdue)

working with the

harmony of the

Holy Spirit

that aren't

disruptions

at all.

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May 17, 2022Liked by Kaitlin Curtice

Beautiful!!!

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My first response to

disruption is aversion…

But I’m thinking about

Plants that grow in

disrupted environments…

Finding life within

sidewalk cracks

among rocky terrain

in heavily polluted areas…

I think learning to grow

amidst disruption allows

us to offer our most potent

medicine to the world

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Beautiful pictures, Kaitlin! They look amazing!

What if disruption is holy?

What if it’s not something

to be feared

or to be despised

but rather a rendering

of the heavens-

an opportunity

to return

release

restore

repair

Disruption as re-orientation.

An abrupt change

to return to the

path of peace.

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Disruption

I was going to see you

Then the call came

Exposed to Covid

Now I can’t hug you again

Now I can’t be in the same room with you

Now I can be with you outside 6’ apart

Disruption to our plans

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A break that my body needs,

But my brain didn’t realize.

A break that my soul needs,

And my heart gives thanks.

A break that will have amazing implications, if…and when…

I take it.

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Disruption

Is an interruption

To whatever you were do—

ing and sometimes it really

Takes……..a…….lot…….of

Energytogetbacktowhatyouweredoing

And other times

It’s not that big of a deal

and we just keep going on as seamlessly

as before.

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