19 Wednesday Feb 2014
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We set the pace.
But this press of time —
take it as a little thing
next to what endures.
All this hurrying
soon will be over.
Only when we tarry
do we touch the holy.
Young ones, don’t waste your courage
racing so fast,
flying so high.
See how all things are at rest —
darkness and morning light,
blossom and book.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~
12 Wednesday Feb 2014
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Passionate
Playful
Unapologetic
Questioning
Defiant
Fierce
Fluid
Adaptive
Gentle
Compassionate
Accepting
Receptive
Loving
Rhythmic
Graceful
Vital
Radiant
Comical
Delighted
Inspired
Clear
Connective
Courageous
Appreciative
Grateful
Present
Powerful
Free
09 Sunday Feb 2014
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falling isn’t a problem
impact is
and, even more, our fear of it
falling’s nothing but uncontrolled flight
we test our wings
our strength
our skill, the elements, and belief
in ourselves
what, really, would we be
without falling?
and how much of the sky
would we miss
without reaching?
07 Friday Feb 2014
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When the question comes,
What’s wrong with you?
Could be,
Nothing at all.
07 Friday Feb 2014
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up from the wet ground
atop the twisted arms of cypress
two crows
sway
on needled fingers
brushing the sunrise..
with their black cutouts of sky
they look my way
not bookends
but sentinels
my returned greeting
a blush of recognition
06 Thursday Feb 2014
06 Thursday Feb 2014
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Having not known want.
Desire, yes.
Longing,
for year after early year.
But needs unmet,
definitely not,
except
when it came to the intangible.
And for those needs to be filled I dug
and scraped
howled out
climbed towards
cooked up
excised and wound-dressed
myself.
Skills built by me
for me,
with generous allies coming and going,
allowing this wayward spirit
to be, finally, available
to the rest of life,
hopefully,
as one sharing inspiration
with the wild
06 Thursday Feb 2014
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i stare at death directly
no barriers between us
blond predator eyes staring,
mine equally fiery, flashing
total dissolution
when and where we merge
i don’t care
every day is life or death
the strangely ignored baseline
i’m stripped to bone
and nothing
except breath
separates us,,
in this death i now face
beyond it i see
utter fearlessness
05 Wednesday Feb 2014
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New rain smell
falling
through the open window-
no more kicking shadows
down the road.
No slant of light
to shed them
with drop after drop after
drop
the clouds empty
for this thirsty land
to sip, no
gulp,
in the rare
and precious
openness of the receiving.
05 Wednesday Feb 2014
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if i can reach you when the darkness surrounds you,
if there’s a light i’m able to shine
to give direction when all orientation disappears,
i count myself lucky,
offering only what i know
from all the time i’ve been lost in the night
and faced the depth of pain a heart feels when it seems likely to crack in two,
i hold out not my hand
but point the way to the hand i hold
and, in its small way, this act
may be what it takes for you to save your own life
because
that’s what we do for each other,
and while i haven’t much to give
i do understand what feeds our essence~
love
compassion
kind words and laughter- if they come-
silence and listening..
you are not alone, for that which moves my blood,
also moves yours,
we are not so unalike, you and i
let us sit at the invisible table
and taste
this day’s hot brew when the cold wind whips
and we haven’t any idea where else to go
Salt, Smoke, Water and Stone 