Sandals removed
Where the rocks have been smoothed
Waters rise, waters fall
I am small Continue reading
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Dear Me: The Americas & Horror
This is part of a series of letters in which I write to my future self: Continue reading
Take Me
A river flows
Running to lose itself
Into something bigger
Something better
Take me to where water meets water Continue reading
Dear Me: Steadfast Love
And so begins a series of letters in which I will write to my future self. Continue reading
Daddy
You know how to have fun
Whether putting your mullet in a ponytail to make your little girl laugh
Dancing with her to the blast of your klipsch speakers. Lost hearing anyone? Continue reading
How Many?
I have been the hidden mourner
Crying in a room
Sound waves of life and laughter from other rooms
breaking the wet silence Continue reading
If You But Trust In God To Guide You
Last year I learned of the existence of the old German hymn “If Thou But Suffer God To Guide Thee” and fell in love with the words and the melody. I used several versions to come up with this revision: Continue reading
On Death
I have stared at death three times. Once as a child looking at the face of another child. The first little baby I remember holding as a little girl and now my mother was holding me so I could look into her coffin. The second time was at the face of a precious little one whose eyes never saw earthly light. And the most recent time I looked death in the face was of a man whose long life suddenly felt short. Continue reading
