Falling back is not falling behind

Happy Monday, beautiful being. In the past few days I’ve had alone time, but I craved connection. So I filled my days with 1:1 time with friends I haven’t seen in weeks and months. Conversations after time apart are especially enriching. Connection is a powerful salve. sending love, light and appreciation. Thank you for being here.

ABSENCE

In your absence

I fill the quiet

With endless motion

Is it for the purpose of

Escaping the swirl

Running from the words

Not yet ready 

To live on paper

Or simply reverting to

My default setting

To do

To be

Productive

Where society places

The greatest value

How sad that I must do

To matter

When being

Is enough-Heidi White 9/22/25

ISLAND

For a month

She went missing

No longer just

Figuratively

On an island

Alone

But not lonely

Sea turtles

Steady waves 

Island breezes

The sweet smell

Of plumeria

Sunsets

So many sunsets

All cost nothing

She returned to the mainland

Rich

With clarity

No longer willing to pay the price

Of one more minute

Lost-Heidi White 9/22/25

STILL

I sleep through the rumble

It is the train

That wakes me

Calls me to

Step outside 

Eerily still waters

Dark skies

Littered with diamonds

Is it a calm before the storm

Or a delicious pause 

To acknowledge 

The vastness of the universe 

Where wisdom is written

In the stars -Heidi White 9/22/25

CHASE

Are you chasing 

What you truly want

Or chasing 

For the sake of 

Going after

What they think 

You should want-Heidi White 9/22/25

FALL BACK

I’m ready to 

Fall back

Into the healthy habits

Of yesterday

Into the cocoon of crisp air 

Soup on the stove

The smell of cinnamon and apples

Falling back 

Is not falling behind 

It is a reset 

To reflect on 

What is important 

A pre-hibernation of sorts 

A season of reaping the bounty 

I’m ready to

Fall back 

To slower mornings

Moments of stillness 

The subtle shift in the air 

Appreciation for what is

Savoring the anticipation

Of what’s to come-Heidi White 9/22/25