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  • Soft Rain

    Soft rain falls from an ashen skyThe earth drinks deepWater & soil in quiet flowEach thing needs the other Continue reading

    Soft Rain

  • My Guest House

    I grasp for happinessWarm & fleetingBut it races away I push against sorrowMean & unwelcomeBut it refuses to leave So insteadI open the door wideInvite them both inMake them teaLet them sit awhile Eventually, they riseSmile & nodThen quietly leave… Continue reading

    My Guest House

  • Each Day a Mystery

    Past & presentFuture & now Empires rise, flowers bloomBoth destined to fall Lives flicker into beingFade just as gently The sun risesThe sun sets We wake each morningIn a world remade Carrying fresh fearsCradling new hopes What will today hold?How… Continue reading

    Each Day a Mystery

  • Still Life

    Lying in the cool roomCeiling fan hummingCat curled up in sleep Skin cooled by shadeA book lies open, forgottenCandlelight dances on the wall Nowhere to beEverything to savor Continue reading

    Still Life

  • The Light of Attention

    Whatever may comemotion, rest, both are welcomereturn to the breath ** Joy or sufferingin each feeling, a doorwayback into the now ** Mind sharp or fogged inthe light of attention glowsalways there to touch ** This moment, this breathawareness calls… Continue reading

    The Light of Attention

  • Saturday Walk

    Alone, I wander the neighborhoodLawns buzzing with mowersSoap suds slide off shining carsBeneath a cotton-draped sky The grass beams green with pridePebbles crunch beneath each step Nothing is out of placeEverything simply is Continue reading

    Saturday Walk

  • A Mind of Gratitude

    When the mind turns toward gratitudeSoft & open as morning lightWe see the world anewNot as burden, but as blessing We offer what we haveWe give without grasping When we share our loveNot as owners but as streamsWe become the… Continue reading

    A Mind of Gratitude

  • Love Lives Here

    Scrambled eggs, homemade biscuitsA tribute to the women before Ancestors in every careful gestureTheir ways folded into the dough Fresh coffee steams in the morning lightA dog barks, cats slip between shadows Sunlight spills through parted curtainsAnother day softly arrives… Continue reading

    Love Lives Here

  • Utterly Free

    Puffy white cloud glides through the skyUnhurried, untouched by careWrapped in a robe of brilliant blueBathed in summer lightIt drifts, it yawnsA lazy dog in the sunBlissfully naïveUtterly free Continue reading

    Utterly Free

  • Chasing Peace

    I ran hard, breathless, chasing peaceI scoured every shadow for truthDove into the wreckage of memoryScraped at the past, hoping it would yield light Then, I veered into the futureNavigating the roads of what-ifEach step more anxious than the lastLost… Continue reading

    Chasing Peace