IF

If I wanted right now I could ask, Please come and hold me. And you would, no excuses, if I wanted. If I asked, you would drop the tool from your hands, help me gather debris hacked from our jungle yard, no complaining. It is not that you lack direction, far from it....

NOW

What I want in this moment is my future fulfilled. What I need is entirely other, is the stillness within, itself this moment, always pregnant, seldom delivered to specifications, but timely and right in its essence.  ...

WAITING

What do I expect as death approaches the air’s edge, colors once borne by maple and oak now displayed garishly on store manikins, tight muscles and thoughts that curl back on themselves;   Hunger for inspiration, the drawing in of breath begging to be...

PARADOX

Unspeakable beauty, the snow lies in drifts; soft blanket cushioning fragile life humming just beneath the surface. Quiet contrast: brilliant blue sky, tree limbs cradling old nests and the occasional flock of chickadees scolding empty feeders which must look like the...