Natanya Lara

Joined June 2021

4 stories

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Mother of boys. Truth-teller. Magical being.

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Stupid Lucky
I don’t know where we’re going, don’t ask, keep driving up the mountain in the dark... . . . . . It is sometime in the wee hours before sunrise. Eyes closed in a futile attempt at sleep, I can feel the springs inside the mattress of the unfamiliar twin bed, hear them creak when I turn. Far away voices filter in between my drowsy thoughts..
By Natanya Lara4 years ago in Confessions
Becoming Myself
"Don't you miss them?" I hear this question at least once every July, when my kids go with their dad to visit his family in New Mexico for a month.
By Natanya Lara4 years ago in Confessions
Lake Water Like Silk
This peace pulls my heart so Each time I leave my heart stays Beating by virtue of water like silk being woven in
By Natanya Lara4 years ago in Poets
Crafting Magic
Measure the canvas. Chart the space. Choose the colors. Cut the fabric. And then, fall into creating the image. I am three years old, standing on the patio behind the house, looking into the woods. It’s dusk, the magic hour. Mist seems to come into form, trees speak to me. Time does not exist. There is only now, and the magic.
By Natanya Lara5 years ago in Humans