I sit with gratitude.I can hear myself think.The beautiful knowledge:I don’t need to drink.Not even “need,”I prefer it this way.Life’s so much better.(It surprises me to say.)I couldn’t have imaginedA life without booze.I certainly wouldn’t thinkIt’d be something I’d choose.I thought it would meanThat I’d lose my shimmer.That life without alcoholWould somehow be dimmer.But what... Continue Reading →
I’ve seen the shift a minute makesFor lifetimes, maybe more.The way the ever temp’ring tideBrings change upon the shore.The movement of a grain of sandExponential, collective, in time.Sand slips through the hourglass,While we’re gifted with the sublime.It’s always there for us to see.To feel and breathe and taste.But amidst the world‘s abundance,We miss it in... Continue Reading →
I had too much to dream tonight.It woke me with a start.I dreamed I could lead a richer lifeAnd somehow make it art. All the possibilities,Future selves galore.Bursting in their fullness,Alive in technicolor. Like roses abloom in springtime,So many resplendent hues.Petals alight and turned towards sun,Not at all subdued. Dreams float free of timeAnd other... Continue Reading →
Morning light,Cloaking stillnessWith a mystical silver frost.I see my breathMist before meand I remember…I am here. Radiant sunrise,Bathing all of natureIn golden light.There is a glow of newness,Ever eternal.Hope springs forthIn the now.
January.The month where confetti falls flat.The sequins have gone dull.Glimmering lightsLost again in the shadows.Decorations full of memoriesSlumber back from whence they came.So quiet…It echoes…Alone, save for promises soon to be broken.Something to distract the days when only the year feels new.8 a.m.Sunday.Pillows usually win the internal tug of warOn gloomy January mornings.The ones where... Continue Reading →
Soliloquy on Imperfectionism 