Category: Life

  • Embassy

    Embassy

    Be here, This time, On time. Not a minute late. Not a minute early. Wait, in The heat Until called. Be grateful you’re here, Appointments come so rare. Go now, Concrete room. Sign, please. Place your belongings Securely in the vault drop Walk through Now please. Metal detector, Brush down metal wand. Wait until you…

  • Stay Open

    Stay Open

    “I need you to stay open,” Whispered the moon. I choose to ignore, Sensing the pull, That takes me to seclusion. “Stay brave,” she insisted, Speaking to the broken edges, Wishing to inspire. But you see, Foolish enthusiast, You cannot out run the truths of the mind. They taught me well. The lessons they burned,…

  • Patience, Love Unknown

    Patience, Love Unknown

    I suppose this is what they call longing A subtle yearning to dissolve solitude. I think of “him”, whom I have not yet met, Or here but slyly hidden in the shadows. Only time will resolve the heart’s pondering. I wonder often, With non-attachment, Who he is, where he is, Is he living his truth?…

  • To the Stars

    To the Stars

    Here. Here is Calgary. Laying on a chilled wooden floor of an Air Bnb rental basement, Two tennis balls strategically placed under my upper back, Pulsating away physically manifested stress and anxiety. The room is darkness with a soft purr of the refrigerator, With background giggles of two of my travel companions. Before. Before was…

  • The Only Way Out is In

    The Only Way Out is In

    Dim lightening, scents from foreign deserts, Smoke gifted with cleansing informal truth. I spent years in the basement cultivating the pull to recovery. Until I heard the urgent whisper,  “Come into the shadows my love, its time to begin.” It’s not that I abandoned the ambience of the rayless cove. Sometimes the soul needs what…