“Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.” – E. Gilbert
Fictions. Feelings. Word-crafts. Nature.
Good people are blessings, but they are so aloof.
It’s what I sense in everyday life,
at elevator door, in the hallway,
and crowded train, at traffic signal,
on lonely gratutude lists, face to face conversations,
or in the presence of preachers and wordy liars. Continue reading “Forgive my disappearance”
“The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.” ― C.G. Jung
So much for personal branding-
we forget we were humans once,
made of flesh and blood,
thin skin that could sense feelings,
ugly heart that envied,
good heart that melted
like butter in warm summer. Continue reading “A Facebook Story ( Part II.)”
“The faster we run, the more determined is the Universe to slow us down. The more embedded our methods of self-distraction, the more agitating the truth-aches calling us back to authenticity. The more eagerly we race to the sky, the more intense the lessons that bring us back to earth. The Universe has no interest in our flight from reality. It wants us right here. Nowhere else… but here.”
– Jeff Brown, Ascending With Both Feet on the Ground
These days I brush my teeth twice,
once out of habit,
twice just to be sure. Continue reading “These days”
keep the door open
for too long?
In her head
distance is a thousand
light years, Continue reading “Did she”
“Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.”
― C.G. Jung
My baby spreading arms
trying to hug bougainvillea leaves.
Pink is her sunshine.
Spring is her garden. Continue reading “Silence is this afternoon”
See how the green smiled at the morning,
green, that happy thing, Continue reading “Spring”
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” ― Mary Oliver
My heart is a winter,
seems like it will never melt,
Continue reading “My heart is a winter”
