A Prayer

Dear God, I ask you now To distance me from fear To help me see with open eyes To  hear with open ears. Give me the strength to feel my pain To break open the shell And learn the lessons I must glean From every time I fell. Give me time to be in peace... 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 →

Keeping up

Do you ever feel like you can't keep up? Like the world has sped up And you turn your head and whoosh…   Another day Another dollar Another night Another bother   And it spins and circles And faster it moves As our legs start to give out As our minds we start to lose... 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 →

Whispers

The most important lessons Come to us in whispers The sweet breeze across your cheek Signifying a presence A reminder To stop And just pay attention All it takes is a little focus On the present moment For as long as it takes To find your life It’s doesn’t exist in your thoughts Or emotions... Continue Reading →

Choices

I don’t need to drink I don’t need to cry I don’t need to live I don’t need to die   This is my task This time and this place It may not be easy It may not feel safe   I can decide What path it will take I can choose to be true... Continue Reading →

Girl, you’ve got it good

Walking out of the fire As your past burns down Looking only forward As the flames lick your heels They tell you you should be afraid Because fear is a team sport these days But girl, you’ve got it good Stripping off your clothes No hiding what is real Still standing tall As the wind... Continue Reading →

Living heart centered

As a new year starts, it’s amazing to see the intention setting, the challenging of limiting beliefs, the strategies for meeting goals the renewed sense of purpose, determination, resolve to change our lives in the way we think will make them better. The problem is that intentions and goals are only as good for as... Continue Reading →

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