I have been darkness and lightA dream and a nightmareI have gone to the ends of the world for myself so I knowHow to conquer itHow far will I go? They told me, you will be like lightening across the skySurrounding the world with a […]
All posts tagged: reflections
The Trickiest Place There Is
I am longing for the sun, and the wind on my faceAnd speed, let’s rideI’ve longed to finish what I’ve startedI’ve dreamt a million dreams until nowThe only one that means anything is you I held a future in my hands but nowThe windstorm blows […]
Empowerment
Hand me the sceptre, the wand, and feel the sting of that thing To grasp, its right there just a little further And I I reach out my arm and I know I can touch it but yet Still it hovers there just of reach […]
Lovely Ideas like Flying Butterflies
We are not just one person, body and flesh and a mind Becoming so accustomed to being alive we don’t remember that it’s miraculousWith all of the little details like sunlight and water and fresh snowAnd the power of the earth on its rotation pulling […]
Being Called
Here comes the great soaring eagle of my lifeI am made of the sky, and I am the air Always wanting something higher My feet hold me here My mind does notI am a great exhaleA light melody and then a dark oneMaybe this version […]
We Just Want to Feel Something
When we begin to read a poem, I think we long for that feeling Something that tells us, you are more than you thinkYou are the aching loving pain of life, The tooth that hurts but feels good when pushed a certain wayThe first shining, […]
The Urgency to be Perfect
There is an urgency to be perfect here, and it breaks my heart To become so beautiful and perhaps immune to the harshness of the world Or to feel loved a little more, by the people one meets or the attractive stranger who has noticed […]
Ode To The Women
Ode to women everywhere who stand proudly, battle, and striveFor the ones I owe my freedoms to, and the ones who changed the worldTo the women who did not live life in a seated position, waiting for their names to be calledFor the ones who […]
Strength
I held my closest friend this week at her mother’s funeral Part of a group suffering something so precious, a mother’s loveWe were all vulnerable together, at the chapel, one of God’s many housesThe light streamed through the painted glass windows, a holy presenceWe were […]
Tikkun
In a deep place, far inside A restfulness was disturbed A small drop created ripples And those ripples became a current And that current ran through you From your heart to your head And from your head to your heart And you tasted life, first, […]
Remember the Tree Branches
“Remember the tree branches” the wise old man said to me, taking my hand as he walked by, somberly pointing up to the canopy of multicolored leaves that hung over our heads. As he disappeared into the sunset and the sound of his steps dissipated […]
Reflections on Colombia
One of my favorite authors is the esteemed Gabriel Garcia Marquez; a magic realist, and a Colombian native. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that such a prolific writer emerges from the depths of a country so unbearably beautiful, and at the same time plagued […]
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