Poetry, storytelling and song writing are members of the same family. I have a deep appreciation for the literary arts and believe that creative writing whatever its form, render a fleeting glimpse, a snippet of insight into the author’s inner world. To live an unexamined life is our greatest travesty and consequently we cannot grow as we are intended to without putting ourselves under a compassionate lens of scrutiny. Writing can do this by giving us a strategy to crystallize those fleeting thoughts and emotions that so often elude clarity and self knowing. Journaling, writing poetry can be a catharsis in this process leading to a new awareness of whom and what we are, warts and all. The journey of self discovery ultimately opens the door to the spiritual growth and evolution we so richly deserve.
Waiting for the Sun
"Faith is an island in the setting sun, but proof is the bottom line for everyone" ~ Paul Simon Beam shivered, and nestled in closeto her mother’s warm feathers, the icy wind nipping at her little body. A coyote’s howl filled [...]
It Goes By Fast
“Time is the longest distance between two places” ~ Tennessee Williams Faded footprints,stories of you, me, us, them,inclusion, exclusion, indifference, this. Our maps,chosen journeys,congealed lives ofwill and intent,convoluted paths,same destination. Hypnotic years roll byblurred pages flipped,ballads of beingcomposed on the flyquesting for harmonyrefuting [...]
When Facts Get in the Way
“Socrates showed us that thinking the truth is not enough. Truth demands to be lived” ~ Americ Azevedo Gut wrenching visuals flashed around the world, primal grieving and mind numbing shock, mass casualties as garment factory building collapses. Bangladesh [...]
My Life Forever Changed
"Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God." ~ Ram DassDearest Henri,What does Easter mean to me? It means a time of hope, a time [...]
We Don’t Say Goodbye
“Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love”~ George EliotSilent tears of gratitude wait for the distance.Stoic heartfelt hugs,whisper lovingly of bonds that defy time and spacecherishing this kinship connection.Joyous snapshot moments creating memories [...]
Connected
“Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and to feel connected with others. Instead, we often contract, fear intimacy, and suffer a bewildering sense of separation. We crave love, and yet we are lonely. Our delusion of [...]