Incarceration carries stigma. If a person is incarcerated, whether justly or unjustly, the very fact that the person is jailed or imprisoned convinces many if not most of us that the person did something illegal that warranted the imprisonment. Although the common law claims that a person is innocent until proven guilty, many times it seems to operate in exactly the reverse order. …
Author: Thomas
THE UNSEEN GRAVE
I am increasingly amazed at how much yard and house decorating goes into the preparation for Halloween. I am constantly curious and somehow strangely encouraged by the energy and creativity that goes into this ‘holiday!’
“You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk”
Merriam Webster defines “throwing shade” in the following way:
Shade is a subtle, sneering expression of contempt for or disgust with someone—sometimes verbal, and sometimes not.…
Song of the Red Bird
In the darkness of stilled eyes
the heart hears with pregnant breath…
the delicate punctuation
of your one-line song…
alluring me into the rhythm
of coaxing convergence
To be hidden is to
not know but to love
that edge of the present
which cannot be clearly seen
but only held as
the blind hug from behind
your back that surprises
and comforts you without
specific conveyance
Can faith simply be to love enough
AND reach abundantly to more?…
Poverello Placement
This morning as I was doing my contemplative ‘sit’ in the sun room of my house, I was surprised that I did not hear the birds chirping and singing outside the picture window in the front yard. After my sit, I realized that it was October 4th, and the feast of St.…
Cinema Landing
We traverse the horizon, yet just for a time
But arcs have a way of fooling the mind.
What draws us forward comes above and below
We center our point and focus to see.…