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.
Independence Cloaked Over Reclusive
“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility” ~ Paulo Coelho ...and what of the chatterin your murky mindwhere overdue sleepproves elusive?Your heart safe behindwild wounded walls,independence cloakedover reclusive.You have no need,or so you saywith classicand stoic defiance,To seek [...]
Where Rivers of Desires Flow
"Every desire you have at it's core exists because you think attaining it will make you happy; but happiness can only be attained in the present moment. Therefore, any desire you have to be happy in the future is blocking [...]
A Door Unopened
"Life does not always give you what you want, but if you look closely you will see that it gives you what you need for growth"~ Leon Brown Why did we meet?Does it matter?We did,that’s enough.Where it leadsis the mysterious glueholding this [...]
Just Fly
Precariously perchedon this escarpment of commitmentI ponder leaping intoobscured and hazymatters of the heart.In vain I gazeat a blurred horizonthat beckons mewith promisesenshrined in tales of bliss.Praying for clarityreceiving noneI seek comfortin muddy waters,I wade on.Learning how to danceon a [...]
A Father’s Pride
"Only from the heart can you touch the sky"~RumiFew things fill my soul to the brimlike the love for my three daughters.Long ago youngsters,now empowered womenin their own right,but forever childrenin my heartnevertheless.I become their loving witnessas they venture forthon [...]
Everything Changes
Everything changes,I do, you do,the world around us,the way we know it,or thought we did. Dashed expectations,dreams unfulfilled,illusions revealed,lie shattered on the floor. And that’s OK. I am not this,I am not that,I am not separate from you,just different,let’s celebrate that. Everything flows like [...]