Photographs remind us
Of all the life we’ve lived
And all the time
Which passed between
Of all the life we’ve lived
And all the time
Which passed between
Tag: China
Courage ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #180
We span the ages
you and I
across all sense
of time and space
our stories twine
you and I
across all sense
of time and space
our stories twine
And I can’t say
where it began
or where it ends
or if it ever will
It drives you to
the edge of mad
(where you found me)
but with your ever
growing faith
it’s clear
Life is not so
rational
as you would like
Discontinuous
In fact
Time sometimes goes
from front to back
while space folds in
upon itself
and plops you down
in the middle of
you know not
what
Yet still you stand
amidst the fray
(such dark embrace)
to write these words
you promised me
Love is not so
rational
as you would like
But its beauty
drives you still
Rolling through the Ebony
Rolling through
A land of crushed ebony
Tarry asphalt dividing
The slender white lane markers
And scrubby tufts of amber
A land of crushed ebony
Tarry asphalt dividing
The slender white lane markers
And scrubby tufts of amber
I scramble up an ebony mound
To find a landscape of ebony mounds
Growing to distant mountains
All of the same ebony skin
“At least,” I think, out loud
Into the air so dry
It swallows up the words
Right off my tongue
“the falling sun seems less
Like a fire
On a cast-iron skillet.”
Girls ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #155
Rage rises
With every
Repetition
“Boys will be boys”
They say
All around
The world
Meaning
Simply
Girls are made
To be had
Gesture ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #148
One need not read nor write
Nor even understand
A single word here spoken
To know the story
In the gestures
A narrative
As old as time
Nor even understand
A single word here spoken
To know the story
In the gestures
A narrative
As old as time
Going Forward
I carry my past
In a backpack
So I am never far
From the moments
Which defined me
In a backpack
So I am never far
From the moments
Which defined me
Events
Connections
Love, loss
Attainment, failure
Lessons, places, people
Glories and gaffes and grace
Everything that ever happened
To get me here
Where I’m standing
In this moment now
On the path
To who I’ll be
Authentic
Quiet mind
Breathe
Breathe
If nothing comes
Find a prompt
(Photographs usually work.)
Start again
Breathe
Quiet mind
Write what comes
Don’t argue with the words
It’s OK to not like what they say
Write them anyway
It’s OK to not have the right words
Write down the wrong words
The right ones can be found later
Wait or pause whenever it feels
Like the words aren’t coming… yet
Or the meaning isn’t right… yet
And the right way isn’t present… yet
Boots
Inside
The chanting
The texts
Stripping away
Layer upon layer
Of being
Seeking
At the centre
The non-being
That is everything
The chanting
The texts
Stripping away
Layer upon layer
Of being
Seeking
At the centre
The non-being
That is everything
Outside
The first layer
Curiosity
Into the deepest shadows
I peer
Before entering
I peer
Before entering
Initiate
Expectant
With trepidation
But driven
By curiosity
And possibility
Selling Something to Someone
It is said
Anywhere you stand in China
You will see at least
One more human being
And that is (mostly) true
Anywhere you stand in China
You will see at least
One more human being
And that is (mostly) true
But I noticed
Anywhere I stood in India
I could see someone
Selling something
To someone else
