There is a lot in me Far too much to contain at times It can come out in “wrong” ways if I let it So when I feel too much And can no longer expand without busting I take myself off And breathe into vast spaces that can hold me And then I can go […]
A feather spirals from high above I stop and watch it Walk over and pick it up There is no magic in how it flew From a body with wings high above It dropped Gravity sucking it down Down to the ground where I stood But it fell so gracefully That it stopped time for […]
I have a spaceship inside of me A time machine too As you create a thousand waves of stress out there I step inside Close the hatch And transcend *I began meditating for the same reasons everyone does – to destress, calm down, health benefits, becoming more mindful. But there is something else, somewhere else, […]
I was listening to a podcast with Kevin Kelly author of Excellent Advice for Living the other morning. He likes to ask his children (and others), “what would you do if you won a billion dollars – how would you spend the money?” He says everyone tends to say the same sorts of things, to […]
I find myself here again behind my own back beyond my ken in front of the very thing I said I wouldn’t do ever again doing it letting and regretting and endlessly fretting at the futility of it all back here behind my own rear *I subscribe to Mark Manson’s newsletter. He often includes good […]
Who do you see when you look at me? I don’t think you know We filter so much of who we think people to be I wonder how anyone could change at all How sad to be trapped in another persons mind If that’s who you think you are And haven’t looked to find yourself […]
Your comment like a nail I moved You missed Hammering fruitlessly You continue to hiss steam like geyser But I’m out of the way Over here And while I stay formless I can simply disappear I am part of it all You’re apart Your heart reaches but cannot grasp The tangles of mental vines choking […]
I stepped out into the open arms of a fan forced fridge this morning Icy cheeks Southerly Freezing my fingertips until they hurt I tramp my legs to keep them warm Heading out into the thin orange glow of sunrise Winter is here My 50th one Aren’t I lucky, so many aren’t * we know […]
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, because I’ve been worrying about different family members on loop. Why do we worry about those that we love? Is it love? Or is it because we fear that if something happens to them, it will hurt us? Is worry about those we love then at least […]
We have a sacred duty to be hopeful To inspire joy in those around us To overcome cynicism both in ourselves and the place in which we find ourselves And that is difficult It is much harder to be happy and hopeful then it is to be cynical and dour Life can wear us down, […]
