Trapped inside the frantic cacophonyOf modern life,Plagued by harsh, jarring soundsOf protest, outrage, and fear,You unexpectedly discoverThat the absence of your own voice,The one that has yet to be heard,Is a consequence of never allowingYour vulnerabilitiesTo speak. The acoustics of everyday lifeExhaust your sensibilities.Voices of authority, consumption, and discordConspire to lead you backTo the same […]
On the Frontiers of Experience
Isolation
Isolation is a foreboding word holding within itself the austere aloneness of our longing. It is a word that conjures haunting feelings of separation, loneliness, and abandonment. Confined in a state of isolation we suffer the deep internal pain of losing a sense of companionship with life. In a deep sense, isolation reminds us that […]
Aging is a Fierce Advisor
You cannot remember when you first noticed it.What was the first sign?There was a time not long agoWhen the symptoms were not apparent,And you could not humble yourselfTo the wisdom it offered. But now you feelThe intensity, awe, and humilityOf that sacred energy moving through you.After all these years,You finally sense the presence ofThe wild […]
Turn Away
Sometimes you must let go
Of all the usual desires
That conspired to lead you to this place
Of contingency, false urgency, and exhaustion
Anxiety as Faithful Companion
You have always felt the tension of its presence
In the ongoing struggle
To hold back the foreboding energy of
An unnamed fear
As it arises once again from an unseen place
Deep within
And takes possession of your sensibilities