8/16/19: Ardor Abode (a Haiku)
Times stands, still she flies All my love and laughter waits Sweet alacrity ------ Blessed... m(___)m
8/15/18: Boxed Shadow
Rage contained repressed and on display a trigger treasure-trove Filters full on working over-time a distraction's dream obfuscations at ready Decision an inward turn my love before me over-thinking no longer an option ------ Blessed... m(___)m
8/14/19: Unconditioned with Love
I love you absolutely What I do for you I do so unconditionally and yes I love me intrinsically What you see in me is one who loves because I be of course We may do this or that for each other tit for tat It's all that so well and good a very good [...]
8/13/19: The Macro Eye (Inside the Outside)
Windows to wonder all need not be revealed Sparks of imagination from far afield than ever could The tactile shell speaks not of sacred contents A rusty mesh unable to contain only screen ------ Blessed... m(___)m
8/12/19: Delusions of Distraction
Awake to the power of focus in wide angles of need and self validation Visceral vicarity becomes vehicle for the venal ------ Taken aback by my own inability to share in this moment that which must pass without further comment ------ My love brings me back to the precious I have no words ------ Blessed... [...]
8/11/19: Grinning through the Grind (a Haiku)
The day-to-day kind Tripped my trigger long ago My sweetheart will know ------ Blessed... m(___)m
8/10/19: Story Time (part one, gods and men)
I had a story in my head made up by who knows whom about a time less full of dread and fear fresh from the womb A time when men of honor made a world at nature's breast who'd rather fall upon their blade than fail the final test The gods this world of men [...]
8/9/19: The Good, The Perfect and The Enemy
Every action every reaction an opportunity for discovery and then some I revel in my privilege To do otherwise would be disrespectful wasteful altogether self-indulgent Bad enough the wasteful, selfish privilege, inherent in the very fact of my existence Bad enough that I dare complain as much as I do Best to bless by sharing [...]
8/8/19: Weaving in the We (part two Song for the See)
I is secure and will endure no small confusion there or here it is well sure I you can see replaces me but can do nothing here or there without the we If I am to expand change either/or to and I can't afford to look the same world in the face When I and [...]
8/7/19: Weaving in the We (part one Where I am)
Thoughts, feelings, images abound No filters here Breathing into the emotional dissonance of listening through earbuds to beautiful conversations about the joy of connection while navigating a disconnected bustling throng at the busy busy busiest Costco on the planet Removing the earbuds at the checkout counter Just in time for a small-but-adequate redemption Just in [...]