There comes a moment That single point When a door slides open Where once was a wall. With wishes carved Sketches of a life imagined Painted with childlike innocence A picture of what it might mean to be free And now there is a space You can see through To choose to take that step... Continue Reading →
Rise Above
My hands are soft My heart yields the breeze of morning brushes the hair from my face. I reach out for you with humble grace Do you hear me? No noise can call in with any force that which is meant for us this cosmic dance is a movement of steps, a flow we resist... Continue Reading →
A New Day
When the dawn comes And the new light of a new day enters What will we see? Reflections of the past Or possibilities of the future Or allow in the illumination Of the here and now Of the truth we don’t want to bear Because our minds would judge to harshly Our hearts would weep... Continue Reading →
Back to the Flesh
Born into fleshWhat a wild rideCells keep dividingThe pull of the mind. Trying to exitWhile motion endlessThat knows not whyNot what, nor what for Just pain and learningSuffering and confusionIn a world programmed By memes and masculine paradigms of tribal half truths Desire so blindWhile so loud Soften back into fleshGrab each others handIt’s such... Continue Reading →
The Waters of Life
The waters of life rush through my heart With every breath and beat they flow No stillness in the body No pausing of the soul It flows it flows Sometimes I think I can stop the flow The ride is too fast The change too great And this just causes pain The river running through... Continue Reading →
Are we listening?
When you hear the informationAbout the planet, about your nationDo you focus on the facts, or on the explanationDo we hear what's being saidOr hear what it all meansDo we focus on where we are goingOr more on where we’ve been? Do we project we know the pathThat can only be informedBy the destruction of... Continue Reading →
The River
There is a river of pain within meAnd it’s full of all of my tearsSometimes it rushes violentlyCrashing on rocks, tearing down the branches in my mindI’m not a strong swimmer,or so the story goes,And yet I swim there oftenAt one with all my fearsIf I flail and grasp as I am rushed downThere is... Continue Reading →
Spirit
The pull and the push of Spirit The sound cannot be touched Yet it has color in the mind It has vibration in the chest It whispers when the water flows It yells when the storm is near It carries light through the heart One presence in the breath One heartbeat in the chest One... Continue Reading →
Waking up
When you wake up in the morningThat moment that arrivesWhere you body and mind openEven before your eyes And the inner world of last nights dreamsThe thoughts of yesterdayOr maybe 10 years ago it seemsCome flowing in to play What day is it today again?When do I have to rise?As I catalog my have tosHave... Continue Reading →
Is that our kind of love?
Is there a way we must awake? A deep commitment we must make? The steps we know that we must take To dive in deep to true loves lake The kind of love we won’t let break The kind no circumstance can take When God decides to up the stakes The love that makes us... Continue Reading →