Storms

Nature doesn’t change because you want her to Nor does she listen If you wish to argue with her current status Nature doesn’t bend to the whimsy of others And I’ve never heard a tree complain Even when it is struck asunder by lightning Nor the ground run away frightened By the intensity of the […]

Boxes we tick

We see skin And think it solid Surface appearance That we acknowledge as if the coatings Around those edges are finite Representative Of the individual within They are not. For we are spirits blending and dissolving Into God Someone asked me “What religion do you tick on the statistics” I said none Because I only […]

Retreat

Talk to me of silence How it pools How it rolls How it covers the bowed shoulders With a soothing warm glow Talk to me of silence How it allows the lungs to breathe And the softer sounds of birdsong Come drifting the breeze Talk to me of silence Except then there wouldn’t be any […]

Writing life

Sunday Was perhaps the most beautiful day in June I’ve seen Sunny all day Nothing cold (It’s supposed to be winter here) I gardened And pottered I drank tea And afterward I wrote a post For SubStack I haven’t written over there since March I got to the end And nearly left it sitting As […]

Through

These are the words When there are no words When your head is empty And your heart is so full it may burst These are the words That bubble up Behind a tongue that is lodged To the roof of the mouth Jaw locked Throat blocked These are the words That hum As the body […]