New Life
I stand on one side My hands wrapped tightly Around the cool aluminum tubes Of her walker So that I have to bend over slightly To offer stability For her, now stiff, Puppet like movements My dad is on the … Continued
Of This I Must Write
Of this I must write Weeping, screams, terror In the eyes And The love, The singing The walking, touching, hugging, The laughter A cosmic disruption Exposing molten hate Only love, a soothing compress On the infected gashes in our universe … Continued
Simple Sage
Spring had arrived, despite the bulging hook of ice and snow that still hung precariously from the dramatic crag of brownstone cliff that itself, hovered above the recently frozen expansive waters of Lake Superior. Spring in this part of the … Continued
Come Spirit of Universal Love
“And suddenly you know: it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” Meister Eckhart Come Spirit of Universal Love Before the day begins Before dawn matures to day Come Spirit of Universal Love Before … Continued
Equinox Sun
The Sun, Impressively warm on this Equinox morning Even bold, some might say Sure of herself, a powerful goddess Unintimidated by the turn of the earth Or the angle of her fiery rays Or early evening shadows Or the waning … Continued
Saganaga Serenity
When I am willing to be very still I hear my heart beat in my ears The wind gently pushes against my eardrums And the chickadee, audacious and clear, Sings a silk thread of whistle in the low breeze … Continued
A Year with Hafiz
“A Year with Hafiz” lay on the arm of the soft leather couch. The binding edge of the book seemed more narrow than the side of the book that revealed the edges of the pages. As I picked up the … Continued
Never Forget
Have you ever been invited by the water to know where you belong? To strip away all the otherness between you and the great white pine, left standing on this shore, ignored by the loggers so many years ago? That … Continued