It is commonly said that you can’t choose your family. We all seem to accept this as true to a certain extent. We tend to think of this sense of “family” as a blood-line determined by parents, grandparents, etc. There is, though, a broader sense of family that we find in the both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, and for that matter, in other religions as well. …
Fraying Space
(T)here is this embracing,
flesh of lace… holding…
onto all now Here –
(T)here is No (t)heir.
No outside to map
(W)here we are;
We Sketch our patterns
In fabrics of fiction.
An over-Sized bed
Sleeps three together;
Seamless spannings
Seem (n)ever to touch.…
THE WISDOM OF WOE
Why is it that many times we have to make our own personal mistakes, rather than learn from the mistakes of others? As children, our parents warned us about getting into certain situations or doing certain things that would result in less than ideal and sometimes painful consequences. …
No Regrets
I held your hand as you went on your way,
He hugged your spirit as you struggled to rise
You took so much with you…or so it seems
A strange fullness in halls of empty silence…..
We find you everywhere….and nowhere…both at the same time
You grow the garden and water the cheeks
A rock, a stone, a tribute – such a mystery….…
THE FREEDOM CROWD
I kind of “space out” in crowds. I easily get lost and many times my friends have had to come and find me because I have either lost sight of them and/or wandered off in another direction. There is something distracting about a “crowd,” something to me that is somewhat depersonalizing and vague. …