La pioggia stilla The rain drips|trickles … La pioggia scivola The rain slides|glides … La pioggia cade lieve The rain falls softly …. La pioggia sussurra The rain whispers … La pioggia sussurra alla finestra The rain whispers at the window Ahhhhh Vivi nella bellezza Live in beauty … I’m learning Italian. My mind is […]
There is a callus That develops In the middle of the chest In children as we are hurt The greater it spreads By the time we arrive in adulthood It is difficult to breathe Think Speak Through anything but hard scar tissue. So there is a need to take a scalpel and slowly start to […]
Our path is buried beneath layers of brambles, old rubbish And the wind blown detritus of years spent learning what was not for us Not of us Every day I sweep anew Asking Is this mine? And the way appears Shining clearly But it’s only ten feet wide And ten feet deep So I have […]
We create busy We create it by following the thoughts in our heads. Like charismatic leaders they call to us and blindly, we run after them. Some are exciting, dramatic or inspiring. They tell us of things we want. Others are sad, anxious, fretful – they tell us if things we don’t want. There are […]
To accept this thing Let it dive deep into my bones, meet my marrow To let it spread its nasty tendrils Down my throat Into my heart Let it grip and squeeze my guts While I breathe and wait for it to do its thing and leave Is difficult Like inviting a toxic person to […]
Incense sticksLit and burningShedding ashOfferings to the GodsUntil our sticks are burnt And we are gone.. I used to hate incense – as recently as last month I hated incense – now I’m addicted to the stuff. The smell hasn’t changed, although now I open up my entire house and the scented smoke disperses so […]
We are all capable of self destructing Allowing the dark To usurp the light that burns within A single thought leading to another And another The perpetual dripping tap Releases from above Gravity grasping as it falls toward the ground Absorbing sound But there is a moment before the splash is heard In that moment […]
In meditation We learn compassion Patience We learn to sit Commit No matter what thoughts cross our mind Back and forth Jumping in We let them do what thinking is Because that is the brain and how it acts Nobody would tell a heart to stop beating So we can’t stop thinking thoughts Only We […]
In the moment There is nothing ahead And nothing behind Peripheral vision Blurs Deep breaths purrrs The longer you sit The more time you gain As slowly your brain Sinks back Into the present moment And all the fragments that blow Like leaves on the wind Come gathering together Pour back in To this gap […]
When you’re quiet And you’ve done the work Your mind is at rest You’re focused And there is someone in the room Just making aimless conversation If you tune in Whilst still remaining quiet It is annoying And you realise So much of what we say and converse about With some people Strangers usually or […]
