Page by Page

This notebook is therapy and breviary,

wailing wall and garden of delight.

It keeps my secrets

and catches my dreams.

As wind sighs among branches

where jays chitter

and squirrels chase joy,

this notebook is the sap

in my heartwood

drawing on Source

like roots on groundwater.

Leaf by leaf

it tells me my thoughts.

Page by page

it supples my soul. 

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Mary Camille Thomas

Mary Camille Thomas is a native of Santa Cruz who is grateful to make her home on the California coast once more after living internationally and on the road. She studied comparative literature at UC Davis and received a master’s degree in library science from UCLA, which gave her a way to earn a living while making a life among books. Her poetry and essays have appeared in the Monk in the World Guest Post Series, Moving Force Journal, Presence, Porter Gulch Review, Second Wind, Sisters Singing, and The New Story, and she has completed a novel called What Lies Buried about a man reckoning with his family’s Nazi past.

9 thoughts on “Page by Page”

  1. My dear Mary, Witnessing your words , your process, your voice, brings solace to my soul and inspiration to my heart. Love, Kim

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  2. I fell into your words and was embraced with reflective solace and imagery. The spine of your notebook was the giant oak in my front yard; I climbed upon its wooden swing and didn’t want to leave. Please keep writing and sharing your talents with us.

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