155: trust

to risk sounding like a motivational speaker is worth it if just one more person can throw down the cape of self-loathing (self doubt fear anxiety depression self-judgment painful reminiscants scant truths lies) wherever you are held by this earth. how could we seek...

154: isaiah 30:21

the voice came from a passing vehicle shoutingto the airspace within its confines notrealizing they permeated the distancebetween it and I‘who the f do you think you are?’not meant for my ears but there just the samethe rest of the day spent followinggently along the...

152: teetering

like a child learning to walk falling on a soft rug causes no harm giving assurance to try again our bodies take gambling steps teetering unsure of the ground we are on until we realize we can walk here easily in this realm of freedom on this human ground made of...

151: what imagination is for

stark blank canvas a riot of color and shapetangled vines and shrubs a hidden oasisurban backyard patio the warm sands of a tropical beachrush hour traffic jam the tossed sheets of  a warm bed beside a lover  inventing gods

150: they call it dementia

with frown and furrowed brow she cried for a few days then denied the prognosis. the tiny pill taken religiously do you notice a difference I say I notice that my love for you is growing that I no longer can feel the grudge that was lodged in my sternum that when I...