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  • What is Love, if Not This?

    What is loveIf not the mergingOf two beings into one? If not the bickeringThe grumpy words softenedBy forgiveness? What is loveIf not the kissPlaced on her browAs she dreams beside me? If not the unwavering truthThat she is the centerOf… Continue reading

    What is Love, if Not This?
  • In Love With the Night

    Bells toll in the distanceAs night falls My lover’s hand in mineWe walk into the cool wind The trees breathe around usTheir boughs sway Wet grass kisses my bare feetThe world is quiet, alive And II am in loveWith the… Continue reading

    In Love With the Night
  • The In-Between

    Deep in the woods, in a cabin worn by wind and time, Robert had passed many solitary days and nights. He’d long since grown weary of the world. Once a journalist, now a self-styled spiritual exile, he rarely spoke of… Continue reading

    The In-Between
  • The Birdsong

    The birdsong is musicDrifting through morning air I wonder how they liveHow they loveHow they speak each other’s names They sing so tenderlySurely they knowWe are listening, too Continue reading

    The Birdsong
  • 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