Category Love
All Light Shines
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I find myself deep in the forest looking for the magic I know is everywhere around me, in the air, the ground, the trees. Oh, how cannot I see what I’m sure is here with me? Going deeper into the wood and into myself. I find light […]
All Creation
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ My eye leaks as if a single tear isfalling, running down my cheek. Yet I would speak say it isn’t sosimply a medical anomaly to appear as if I cry from a single eye andknow sorrow on one side only. I hidethe drop, flick it away with my […]
The Child You Are
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Children play, screaming their joy at pitches that make adult ears cringe. Huddled on the fringe, surrounded by other age-mates. Have they forgotten how to play? Any day, no more than chores, opening and closing doors, tending to dinner and turning off the lights at night. Turning […]
Water Drops
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ Inspired by the works of composer, Kian Ravaei Water drops into a pool, frombranches recently drenched bypouring rain. The meadowsteams in the growing sunlight.Sweet zephyrs sway the grassand the water plops the pool.What mythic denizen or deitymight reside below? Dreamingbeneath an overhanging rootshadow that grows darker as noon […]
Life as We Have Lived It
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Fill my heart with all good things. Take from me the pain of grief. How will I know when one is transitioned to the other? Both are always present to some degree. And without pain, how will I recognize joy. Without chaos, how, then, peace. Chaos has […]
If Only
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Despite our greatness, our most stellar accomplishments, a time will come when age robs us of the facility to continue, and we must decide it’s time to succumb. Not to death, but to the dearth, the lack of ability. How will we have the heart to simply […]
Life All Around
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The gulls fly above the beach, reach for the air, the next flap, the next breath, eye to eye with other gulls. Pelicans pass, heading in the opposite direction. I track them with my eye, as they dive into the ocean one by one fishers of the […]
Alive And Continuing
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Slide and hide from life, yet you are sure to be found. Whether you end up in the gutter or discovered to great renown. Someday you too will be forgotten, relegated to the depths of time though I and others may breathe the same air as the […]
Believe Exhausted
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The body of the cosmos pirouettes. Do you feel dizzy or nauseated? You’ll never know the reason why, but many will posit theories, make guesses, proclaim pronouncements. There’s always someone who is sure they know the answer, even when they have no clue as to the question. […]
What Good Would That Do?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The procession marches in, announced by the major domo, coupled by couple. As the musicians prepare to play and the dancers take their places. They bow and curtsy, hold hands and move in formal figures. Who can figure the reasons? All the whys and wherefores. Therefore I […]