TruthHow do we find it?Where do we look?How might we recognize it?Do we follow the flickerOf lightThat sparkIn the caveOf untruths?The ember that createsIn our soulsA skipAn extra beatAn almost smile?Do we retreatTo our space of stillnessListen for the quietSubmerge in the silenceAnd pay attentionTo the whisperThat emergesFrom our heartsAnd then says,“All will be well”DoContinue reading “Truth”
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Together, We are Massive
Together, We are MassiveThe news worsensI am confoundedMy confidence goneWho am IAs a memberOf this countryPreviously proud to be soNow embarrassedSaddenedGrieved by the egregiousActionsAnd threatsOf our preposterous president.I know not what to doI lie awake. Awake.Hour after hourSick with worryHopeless as I am helplessTo fix, to mitigate evenDisaster after disaster.From deep in the privateRecessesOf myContinue reading “Together, We are Massive”
Love Off the Page
Love Off the PageThe Power of LoveWordsTwo dimensional lettersClusteredArrangedLifelessColdAnd yetWhen witnessedWhen you standIn the kitchenAnd have the honorOf being presentFor an embraceOf brothersYour heartChanges formPuffs upWith warmthGrows outwardPushing its Self-imposedBoundariesFilling your eyesThreatening tearsAn involuntarySmile AppearsThere is a nearPalpable energyElectric-likeZipping throughThe roomIn these momentsYou knowThere is PowerIn LoveIn these momentsYou knowLife is PreciousIn these moments CurrentContinue reading “Love Off the Page”
Christmas
Can COVID “ruin” Christmas? Can war “ruin” Christmas? Can migrants beseeching entry “ruin” Christmas? How about the cost to heat our homes? The dearth of the stock market? The suffering which abounds in our world today? ~ Christmas The birth of Love Love in human form The Christ. ~ What can destroy love? What canContinue reading “Christmas”