Tag Archives: perception

broken people speak – December 1

12.1.2016 broken people speak and tell their truth that the rest of us are not nice   while we listen and nod and hope that we are actually awake. ——————-

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shared leadership – September 15

9.15.2016 [shared leadership] shared leadership she said that’s what we want   except when another tried to share and then a firm hand she intervened.   we often love the words more than the deeds. —————-

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young and tough – September 3

9.3.2016 drawn face shows the stress   of long days into nights of work   young and tough is the assumption   but human nevertheless. —————-

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hello there – March 10

3.10.2016 writing a poem in the green chair   speaking to myself and God.   hello there. hello back.   I read you   between the lines. ———————

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slow open – March 7

3.7.2016 dark corner grey morning   slow open from bad dreams.   coffee hopes flail weakly   time will just have to   suffice. —————–

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cutting clear – February 2

2.2.2016 falling flakes bring joy, crisp air filled with dances of angels   spirits seen and unseen as of old father winter mother snow   shining diamond edges reaching out to cut my lethargy clear. ———————–

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for Jack…CSLewis – November 29

11.29.2015 a lampost in a wood shone in his mind   until one day it flowed out into a book   and then books and then Narnia   which felt like I’d seen it my whole life.   I loved … Continue reading

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pine tops – November 23

11.23(19).2015 pine tops are bending stiff winds bringing november’s here songs through the boughs. ————–

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places to be with you – November 21

11.21.2015 we sit in airplane waiting rooms cruise rivers for the view walk through platzes with friends and climb to castles.   it doesn’t matter.   they’re just places to be with you. ——————

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the parade – September 8

9.8.2015 some faces light up as the parade moves by   others stay glum as never moved,   the parade bringing out the child in us   alive or defeated. ————–

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