Category Archives: poetry

WE ARE

So many humansof an infinitely different varietywe are all livingwe are all living on this planetwe are all living at this time completely separate bubbles of realityof experienceof perception The impact of our actionsharbors resentment and celebrationin the bruises of our pathways capillaries stretching eternitycarrying our history and opportunitywebbing the circuitry highwaythat is hereavailableaccessibleignored currents […]

We Are

My first “We Are” poem: We Are Here Now TogetherDecember 21, 2008 Here nowthe moment is ripelife awaits we are suffering, we are blossomingwe are waking up, we are falling asleepwe are tormented, we are hopefuland inspiredwe are pleading and searchingwe are grieving and hurtingwe are lost in a maze of disconnect and desertion There […]

Solstice to Inauguration

I’m participating in a Woven Essence ritual. Honoring the potency that this time seems to hold, I am committed to doing a specific ritual every day between Winter Solstice (today) and the United State’s Presidential Inauguration (January 20). Right now I’m up in the North Carolina mountains. Shifting from the freezing cold and brilliant white […]

Breathing is Important

Breathing is Important …like when you meditate and your mind wandersyou don’t beat yourself up for ityou just gently go back to focusso be sweet with yourself when you worryit’s okit’s not like you are shooting heroinyou just got distracted from what’s best for youthe presentso deliciousit’s peach season and i just thought of juicy […]

Invitation

Oh do you have timeto lingerfor just a little whileout of your busy and very important dayfor the goldfinchesthat have gatheredin a field of thistles for a musical battleto see who can singthe highest noteor the lowest or the most expressive of mirthor the most tender?Their strong, blunt beaksdrink the air as they strivemelodiouslynot for […]

Pieces of a Puzzle

Each lifetime is the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.For some there are more pieces.For others the puzzle is more difficult to assemble.Some seem to be born with a nearly complete puzzle.And so it goes.Souls going this way and thatTrying to assemble the myriad parts. But know this. No one has within themselvesAll the pieces to […]