words…

Rising Tide
You are distracted by the small waves and the
repetition of the moon.
I watch the sands of us slip through your fingers,
knowing you are unencumbered by
trappings of reality, or the responsibility of the rising tide.
What are you running from, flat on your back?
The stars alight and my skin is warm and you want to [...]

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For Urdhi.

For Urdhi
There was a time when it was all that
I wanted.
To be able to bend you and me and the
world to see
exactly what exposing that much
of our hearts,
in a circle of life, could bring.
But today I think it might be too much;
today I am tired and sore and
in need of a little old [...]

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take bless break give

A poem in honor of the pastard’s words yesterday…
take break bless give
Take
my hand, a song,
this food, my heart,
a story, my child, these steps,
my thoughts, a friend,
this space, your fear.
and Bless
each piece of
you, me, us, them
with your compassion, your truth,
your wisdom, your joy
as we meet you on this path.
then Break it all open, and hold the [...]

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a snow poem…

because it won’t stop…
Conclusions
It rained on the snow
today making perfect
spirals of
light and dark
in the cracking ice.
If I lay prone I can see it
dripping in quiet swirls through the hardened water;
like syrup through a sieve.
I’m concentrating on minutia
and the bitter water is soaking
through the fiber of my socks, my shirt, my jeans,
making me numb.
I forgot how [...]

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a funny little jesus poem

i don’t normally share, but i made myself laugh when i wrote this one last week so now you all can laugh (or not) with me, please, not at me. i still get awfully scared/nervous/worried/fearful of rejection when sharing my own writing…
 
Jesus
You told me:
“you wear your heart on your sleeve”
and
“you’re going to get hurt”
I [...]

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