Trades from the East speak to me,bending without mercysilver thatch palmsoutside my kitchen door.On this tempest SundayI’ll blade into resolute winds,to remind myself that I can,and I do. Zephyrs whisper in my ear,“dig deep, find strength”, my legs embrace the challenge,and I fly. Potent power stridesexpressions of fine will summonedpropel me headlong into gusty defiance;I am [...]
Your namenew and exoticcreeps upthe spiral staircaseleading to myloft of longing.Shrouds of mystery,a life, a worldof unknownslooms cautiouslyas fluffy cloudsin the besotted blue spring sky.A giftin magnificent,and sultry wrapping;contents yet to be defined,feeds the flamesof this prairie fire.I linger longerin streams of thoughtthat meander curiouslythrough fields of fantasylying in the hollow vastnessof my hungry heart.Desires armedwith unfaltering [...]
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need"~ Tao Te ChingSomewhere between simple and complexlies the meandering pathleading to the epicenter of every sentient being’s core.Journeys as old as timewithout beginnings,without endings,peaceful rivers flowing into eternity.A [...]
"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived,this is to have succeeded." ~ Ralph Waldo EmersonGeographically distant and yet still closeshe consumes him vicariouslythrough his verse.Her phone call spursa delicate dance betweenmore than friends…but less than lovers.Like honey drippingon a Kalahari daythis easy banter dissolvesinto an engaging waltz.Reminiscing about another time,another place, another poem,they stroke [...]
"Gratitude is heaven itself" ~William Blake Woke up to inclement weather of the heart, turbulence in the slipstream of life; another day older, jury’s still out on the wisdom. Between gigs, in the lexicon of music; between moments, in the songs of life. In an old truck held together with duct tape [...]
"Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect". ~ Ralph Waldo EmersonYour pervasive only ness is the rustinvading the hingesbetween your worlds of here and there.You dismiss and banish thosewho will not surrender to your terms of;"this is how it is".The holy grail you seekquite likely sleeps withinthe casualty heaps that haunt you.Love is never [...]
Friday morning,July, Hong Kongon my way to Stanleywaiting for the bus,warm breeze blowsbut cools me stillpeople watching,meandering thoughtsWhat’s blowing in the wind?Newspapers,it’s all badtroubled world, many ailsdistorted views,so much angerblind rage stoked by ignoranceand unwillingnessto seek that middle groundWhat’s blowing in the wind?Shifting thoughtsand where are you my love?so far away, but still,beating in my [...]
Like the prudent mariner never trust your fate to just one map, A singular aid to navigation, pockets filled with promise, a basket full of eggs. Too many trials and tribulations in life to create predictability with any scientific authority. Instead: Listen to the music between the notes, echoes of silence between your thoughts, the [...]
"There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, which demanded that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same."~ Norman MailerThe aroma of coffee wafting through the airfinds my olfactory senses and drawsthis winter morning into focus.It’s New Year’s eve 2008,introspection, resolutions, reconciliations abound,endings and beginnings collide,time stands still for no one. Flakes [...]
"When you find a place where you are, practice begins" ~Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) Rainbow sun dogs frame the occluded sunon this prairie winter morning sky.Wide open spacedemarcated by a distant railroadadvocates forever,is anything forever?The rolling ranch lands speckled in Angus blackand stubby tubes of autumn strawpunctuate this golden vistamorphing into majestic mountains.A sanctuary for [...]