Waiting on the Lord
Remember foliage a time before there was and each moment dripped the passing dew? You were wise then you brushed my hair so it smelled like autumn even falling asleep I knew you.… Continue reading
Temporary Incandescence
I am not opposed to glowing in the dark it’s the sun I’m worried about trapped inside my skin like liquid nitrogen. It was the snap, crackle, and pop that did me… Continue reading
Warp Speed to Presence
You have to be present in certain things. Like scaling a treacherous rock face or tight rope walking across Niagara Falls. Teaching yoga. Though not nearly so fatal if your consciousness slips, it’s… Continue reading
You Looked Like My Father Then
Remember when the dinosaurs were so big I could ride them and see over the trees. The sun felt so much closer then and the moon talked me to sleep. I always saw… Continue reading
At Night the Stars Hold Still
In the beginning You holding everything together including me. My body, my bones, my breath I could never be in control only prostrate kissing your feet. Oh angels came shepherds out of sheep… Continue reading
In the Time It Takes to Bow
God I want your holiness filling me drenching me. You make my eyes into rhinestones my skin into sunlight my hair into translucent beams. When I breathe it is your Spirit moving in… Continue reading
Extended Side Angle
It’s when my front thigh burns like the Boston Harbor on the Fourth of July. I could possibly suffer. Or make up chittings and chattings that lead me to suffer. Or comment on… Continue reading
Jane, Don’t Be Ridiculous
What would I sit and read or wait and hope for the affections of a man? Jane, there was only wanting. Patience dims. Our hearts wander from wondering where he is. You will… Continue reading
The Wilderness of the Sea
I woke up in the middle of the night with a nosebleed. I wondered if it meant anything. I decided that it didn’t and went back to sleep. In the morning it was… Continue reading
The Orphan Avoidance Strategy
I made something new – and with it birthed the fear of its orphanization. ::I went through twelve variations of that word before settling on it:: Like Oliver’s “please sir may I have… Continue reading