

RangerWinnie
Musings and Rhymes
ABOUT ME
I write to heal. I write to learn. I write to grow.
Better. Easier.
I am a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a dog dad, a friend, a builder, a coach, a Ranger, a human.
I am a survivor, a throwback, a success, a failure, a winner, a loser, a goldmine, a bust.
I am a writer. I am the poet. I am the words you eat...
- Nov 16, 2022
- 6 min
- Aug 7, 2022
- 6 min
Brave Little Boy (Not a Poem)
A little light reading about shame and trauma. The Scientific Underpinnings and Impacts of Shame The Neuroscience of Shame **How Trauma...
- Aug 7, 2022
- 1 min
Brave Little Boy (Poem)
Brave little boy Shamed during every night’s sleep. Brave little boy Keeping all the secrets buried so deep. Brave little boy A smile...
- May 22, 2022
- 1 min
Three Things
Three things I learned from my very first breath: However well you do; next time you must do better yet. Do exactly as I say, but don’t...
- May 15, 2022
- 1 min
Light and Darkness
Running and running and running Only ever serves to make us tired. Can’t even find the traction to escape This trough in which we’re...
- Apr 3, 2022
- 1 min
Sharp as Knives
For EAW Sharp as knives, my thoughtless words slice, Cutting deep and easy as an assasin’s razor. It isn’t blood that flows but tears...
- Mar 27, 2022
- 1 min
Marrow and Meat
Marrow and meat, breath and blood. Muscle and bone, soul and sinew. We were formed out of the fetid, stinking mud, And a spark that still...
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
The Journey
I’ve been exceptionally well traveled My whole life, from a child until now, Looking far and wide for something, Hoping far and near for...
- Feb 20, 2022
- 1 min
Sea of Tears
Driven by the breath of my Presence Sailing to my Freedom on a sea of tears. Sobs of remembered hurt and pain Bilged deep from within my...