413: reverent silence

even the dog did not give her usual disturbance such was the sense the flowers newly blooming too felt it seemingly kneeling to bow alongside the trembling hand the tapping clawed feet

412: there is a luxury for some

I feel there is a luxury for some to live as if all is well these some find days long expired yet not yet extinguished pursuits carry them from one pile of somethings to others amassed paintings in retirement clay bowls thrown against the wheel of time told these...

411: my body has born

my body has born four children babies each one fresh and new upon my lap into this world naive generous in my intentions I have let them fly their own way lucky me I say because truly and really each one still rests easily within the fold of my...

409: disband your army

loose the chains you’ve locked to your own ankles making you unable to step while all along behaving as if you are free trapped within your own limited beliefs the world may feel an oyster while in fact it is a cage of your own making to call this living is fine...

408: occupy the still room of thought

Asian culture long taught value lie inside quiet spaces not filling air with words interior terrain is infinitely expansive limitelessly rewards bountifully wise western eyes turn to the truth before the still room shrinks to...