Alone

The hum of conversation clinking glasses -coffee cups The buzz of the grinder People rushing – people resting conversation and solitude The local coffee spot whitewashed, shiplapped old hardwoods with a story to tell I sit alone I search for an eye, maybe  a smile waiting, hoping, searching I see…Mothers and daughters friends and lovers […]

Ashes/Lent

Yesterday began Lent in the Christian faith.  Lent is a season of the Christian Year where Christians focus on simple living, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to God. It’s the forty days before Easter.  Ash Wednesday usually begins with a service where we recognize our mortality, repent of our sins, and return […]

Up-side Down World

The healthy are sick The sick are healthy Some days this is how I see the world Healthy people with sick heads, sick thoughts, sick intentions Sick people with strong heads, healthy thoughts, healthy desires This is a messed up, up-side-down world The haters hate and hurt innocent, loving people The kind are left wounded […]