Monthly Archives: October 2015

Accepting the task

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

Posted by in becoming, devotion, dreams, freedom, Inspire, learning, listen, movement, night, poems, poetry, receiving, Sight, the road, work

≈ Comments Off on Accepting the task

The imprint of the dream, 

a sudden waking

a gasp

an “oh my god” and

you return

to the surface

from a who-knows-where and

a deep

dive

down

carrying now

a dancing fish.

Upon the glass, a reflection.

Through the glass, a being.

Beyond the glass-

a destination calling you forth.

Without end

begins

with accepting the task

that brought you here.

For the women in those photographs 

12 Monday Oct 2015

Posted by in becoming, dark, death, devotion, dreams, family, freedom, movement, naked, night, poems, poetry, release, work

≈ Comments Off on For the women in those photographs 

For the shes,

for the women who held in reserve everything but

what they betrayed in the fathoms of their eyes,

I dance for you,

let my laid-down hair fly

and skin sweat rivers

underarm and between thigh.

My laugh is the wild thing you withheld 

and the leap it was never safe

for you to take.

The salt this body gives up,

one gift I can give.

Carry me to where your bones rest,

I’ll bring the skull I’ve been handed

when calling guides from the directions.

You’ve yet to reach my dreams

but when you do

I know

your unpinned hair will be the least

of what you bring to night sleep.