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
I feel you weep
I feel you weep Tears that hold your heart-sick sorrows Your gorgeous, never forgotten memories Your resistance to what is, was, will be Too big, too much, smothering hope Be still, then Only in the stillness, the silence, 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
Then and Now
It was carried on the breath of Robin’s song Like sheer silk skirts Of some exotic dancer Easing down upon me As the cascading warble erased the present moment Ushering memory through the complex melody The past, 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
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