Be careful of the confident step The overloud voice that says You’re headed in the right direction Beware of the puffed chest The broad smile The straight line Clear picture No hesitation Left or right? Stop Please Listen Deeper Beware of the robust, the simply must! The superlative The hyperbole The ad speak ad nauseoum […]
I heard mention of the marathon monks of Tendai in a book I was reading last week-end and made a mental note to look them up A few days later and that mental post it fluttered down Reading today about the running monks here and their do or die challenge made me realise how easy […]
There are these voices That live in my head I’m not mad We all have them there Listen to them How do they sound? Are they male Or female? Also Are they familiar? Mine are I have my Dad Among others Exasperated In fact most of my inner critics Are male – I hear them […]
Explanation Is an erosion If it begins in defence An unravelling occurs Building momentum As it rolls Tearing strips from the soul Of any artist If it means to enlighten The words spill one over the other Over the other Not always going anywhere At All To the non verbal thinker And inward dweller Explanation […]
There is a ghostly craft That floats Beyond the horizon Carrying the cargo Of all the choices I did not Could not Make The older we grow The more we unload Realising There is only one path we can walk this life And only so much we can carry Certain people, certain baggage So We […]
When jealousy alights on your shoulder And envy digs it’s claws in your chest Listen Because they are showing you your next step All too often these emotions are shown with a negative light Because they feel negative and can be toxic if not addressed maturely But if you slide the switch to the other […]
There is a place in the throat You can feel it when you swallow Words They form a clump Like a jar lid Keeping emotions inside Contained Be careful of the seal Things can go rotten in there Restraint is commendable But stomach acid does terrible Things To an inside that doesn’t ring true
I’ll put on my brave face And you shall don yours And between us The truth lies over and over as if nothing else matters But maintaining The lie That is bravery honoured And fear denied *Let me be clear – bravery, is not always the stoic face of the trained warrior It is also […]
Hours of scrubbing There is the wondering The pondering The wishing and the sighing As the hours drag by Still nothing gets done And it appears nothing ever will Until a way appears So Roll up the sleeves Apply elbow grease Add forgiveness Self acceptance A little divine deliverance And finally it is done You […]
There comes a point In every trip When you look back And you can’t see home anymore And the lovely thing about travel Taking trips Is you always come home But with journeys of personal growth You go somewhere else. If you’re lucky You lose sight of everything you ever thought you knew Your thoughts […]
