Tag Archives: spiritual growth

I ran from my dream – May 30

5.30.2017 I ran from my dream frightened and denying the images of my mortality   body withering skinnier each day the muscles outlined and my lover aware,   that I thought I would have more time, twenty more plenty enough … Continue reading

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mid-lent – March 24

3.24.2017 mid-lent, when ice starts melting water flows and my heart begins to open to movings other than my own.   mid-lent, mid life, mid storm mid desert places of peace begin to emerge out of places I wasn’t looking. … Continue reading

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Indigo truths – August 20

8.20 the dog sleeps with his head against the cellar step door. huffs and the occasional twitch of a foreleg paw telling the story of his inner life. a puppy once again, chasing.   I sleep now with my head … Continue reading

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pique packs its punch- June 12

6.12 pique packs its punch but only for the peeker who dreams that his matter must be the only matter that matters. ———————–

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I prayed today – June 5

6.5 I prayed today to be let loose, to find direction, to lift my life   except standing at the stove spatula in hand, grease about, I realized   that I am doing much better than most, a sign perhaps … Continue reading

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hard soil, soft soil – May 11

5.11 I was digging in the dirt today. Hoeing out the early grub of weeds In the soft soil it was easy. The hula hoe slipped beneath the surface and plucked them up like old bad done deeds.   The … Continue reading

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wood (for Maury)- May 8

5.8 Oak. Flame. Striated, smooth, the life of wood erupts in my living room, like Maury, who breathes and lives and loves this stuff of his passion and need.   One day he decided that he liked wood. One day … Continue reading

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old turtle – May 7

5.7 old turtle honu, big fella uses the battering tide to find his meal with least resistance.   as if old age could tell us that, and build us shells of bone, to ward the rocks while floating home. ———————–

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soil work – April 30

4.30 First dig in the Spring soil the weeds already deep and clinging.   The hoe rips and claws beneath like a therapist at the mental toil. Uncovering, rooting out and up, until fresh earth awaits ready for the new … Continue reading

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