Longing. {poetry}
They don’t always move the same way;
sometimes, they lose each other, and
have to find their way back --
and that’s how we get this longing...
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poetry
Hurricane Season. {poetry}
They don’t tell us what to do with this part.
How to manage, corral, release, ride this part.
We are not taught to ride the hurricane.
Talking About God. {poetry}
No one I know seems to be talking about god,
but, call me crazy,
I want to find her.
So every day, for a few minutes,
I try to stare at darkness.
Doe Eyes. {spoken word poetry}
Doe eyes aren’t innocent, they’re pain and enlarged by sadness, so please stand back since you can’t hold me as tight as I’d like.
The Dull Brown Bird Who Knew. {poetry}
"Be the dull brown bird," they say, "let go of your magic." And so you do. Until one day, you find a feather a little different from the rest.
We Fear Stillness as We Fear Truth. {poetry}
Beyond the ever changing emotions and circumstances,
we come to know Atma, the truth within.
We come to know that it all begins and ends with us.
The Power of Ten Thousand Gods. {poetry}
It is that one orienting object that we need when we are lost... that can lift us into the air with the power of the heavens.
Grief, Touching up My Memories. {poetry}
I danced
with joy
with great delight
and utter and complete abandon
Could grief be right?
Could joy be found
among the memories
that grief now tightly held?
Turning Tables. {poetry}
I am turning tables,
Whispering, whistling
Unwinding unto my own skin
Coming upon a new dawn
A new dream.
I have come to sing
Sharing soul songs
The Crying Mourning of the World. {poetry}
I am holding the pain of the world...
for its failure in believing leaders
and retaliate their failures
against the most vulnerable.
