marriage
Daniel said to close my eyes
I can’t remember what next, I was nervous
nervous to leave the predictable world
nervous that I’ll go somewhere that I can’t return from
Like This
Like This One wordAnd my day began Like this Listening The sound of glueAnd breathing YouIn returnOfferingEvery dreamInto being PaperOn paperBecomingGround AllReady Prayer How the blue jay shimmersIn the growing…
I Am Song
I Am Song I am seamstressFabricating a map of the futureFrom cloth I have woven by handSpun from distant fieldPermeable and softSo that you may breatheWhen days are hotAnd you…
The Howling
Wake up naiveté
It is time to wake up
la manada is waiting.
Wash your face
with the rocío...
Three Lines
In the darkness
there is always light
ambient disappears, open your eyes, to your own flame
Who Knew?
That you would arrive
In the hard, cold, golden light of
Early December dawn
Piercing, nearly horizontal
Illuminating what remained
Halfway
Window into the past
Small, above me, pulling myself up, more knothole
in wooden fence, eye pressed hard against,
straining to see you, as you were
Back then
New Again
Neglected underutilized spaces
tend to fill themselves in
It’s no wonder folks arranged themselves
to accommodate my fears and tears
It’s time for something new
Intercessor-Alchemist To-do List
Hold space for another
Stand in the gap on holy ground
Be a burning bush
Sift contrast to capture blessings
too small to be perceived
Wayfinders
We are finding our way treading lightly leaving no prints
except on the hearts and minds of those who give permission to be impacted
Who choose to be moved strengthened comforted and released