Running down the same well-worn path bracketed by fear and desire, caged inventions of the thinking mind lock us tight in a jail of reality’s convention. Self-imposed bars of collective arrogance buttress the cell, even as doubt’s sustenance of rigid…
Gumbo of soul
We are multifaceted beings, destined to a complexity of emotion, thought, and sensation, warmed by gratitude and compassion in a spicy gumbo of the soul.
Puddle sprayed
Getting sufficient sleep has been an issue with me for about ten years now, leaving me with a nominal two to four hours of broken sleep most evenings. Occasionally, I’ll be able to stretch that to as high as six,…
Unseen Radiance
Creativity, imagination’s whimsical helper, kneads the soul with the unseen radiance of joy.
Harsh features
Harsh features, chiseled from familiarity, thaw in the gentle undercurrent of the moment.
Meaning
Meaning is not a validation of your beliefs or values, nor does it reside on a clear plain of quid pro quo, detectable by eye or ear. Approach obliquely, searching for the perfect angle, the merging of timelessness with eternal…
Nature’s tender siren
Bereft thinking, bare of time’s sand, cheery vision plays to the hum of nature’s tender siren. Lured forth by the twinkle in the castaway’s eye, lids flutter and frolic in parky night sky. Unsettled senses, contrived consequence the eager teacher,…
The enchantment of miracles
Backscattered morning darkness, barren in radiant glow, languishes resonant in emotive meaning. Dawn breaks, dispelling the night calm under the hypnosis of the sun. Eyes sparkle in abstinent wonder, cleared and vibrant, free of conspiratorial pettiness, wallowing beyond sensibility into…
Ego’s dark eye
To walk in the fullness of morning, absent the forgiveness of knowing, lightens the earthly burden. Watch from a distance for ego’s dark eye, peeking from behind the carefully hewed stone, lurking beside mischievous demons of triviality. “I see you,”…
Power
Consent to a buried potential, veiled by a promise of man, beyond the shadow-snags of reason, unbelieving in the flush-joy of harmony’s spell.