Hallway to Nowhere

  • Because Rain Will Fall Again (Poem)

    I offer you this

    let the drops fall as your tears

    and the sky itself express your sorrow

    the clouds heavy as your heart

    and the streets awash with all your loss

    know that grief has its time

    a season natural as any weather

    but also that you can let it go

    to stand in the sun that always shines

  • Since This Rain Keeps Falling (Poem)

    I would offer you comfort

    let it flow down your windows but not as sad tears

    blur the harsh landscape with reminders of kindness

    hold the rhythm of the drops steady as your heart beat

    and know you are the world

  • By The Tracks (Poem)

    they threw their rusted hearts together

    ignored the years piled beneath

    mere kindling for their funeral pyre

    should some thought’s train spark that heat

    and left them there as testament

    to witness for anyone who cares to see

    time matters not for such intersect

    this remains through alchemical change

    love abides eternally

  • On The Trail Today (Poem)

    speak. don’t speak.

    pay attention nevertheless.

    choose your words with care.

    let your silence be kind.

    these days the air itself seems harsh

    as if daring one to breathe.

    do not make your presence

    a sharp rock in the way.

    we stumble enough on our own.

  • Candle Flame (Poem)

    if I hold in my palm the dancing flame

    lit from all the kind candles of love

    silhouette it against the darkened sky

    will you see and take notice

    I’ve seen this light shine in your eyes

    felt its warmth in the kindness of your smile

    caught its flicker to hold in the night

    when cold can slip in under the door

    and because I too have been alone

    been a stranger hungry and ill

    I raise this illumination high as I can

    for anyone for everyone for all in need

  • Grandmother Mountain (Poem)

    lowering clouds grey as her distant eyes

    barren trees crooked as her aged hands

    far ridges flinty as her hard smile

    but there, there-look

    a hidden trail that curves and winds

    opens to such expansive view

    still not as vast as her loving heart

  • If I Told You (Poem)

    what I see hear feel

    would you understand

    not here there anywhere

    but everywhere also nowhere

    these the same

    I do not exist nor do you or you or you

    nor does anything but there is

    joy light laughter brilliance love

    choose the term that draws you in

    expands your heart explodes your self

    and here you are

    vajra posed in the gem in the lotus

    dancing on the branches of the jewel tree

  • The Visit (Poem)

    horses on the trail

    fairy queen over the fountain

    wolves in every corner

    statuary figure as mystery

    better wonders than these

    are scattered throughout town

    greetings for stranger and resident alike

    flashes of kindness that warm in these chill times

    friendship and care shining brighter

    than even the light in the verdigris trees

    making true in this day the signature signs of love

  • Best Tools (Poem)

    warm silence and receptive space

    these translate across lines

    everyone wants to be heard

    especially those hoarse from shouting

    here a table with a couple of chairs

    a pot of tea and cups to be filled

    please sit, all are welcome

  • Here Is Comfort (Poem)

    here is comfort . raise it

    spoon to your mouth

    sweetness like that of wild honey

    shell to your ear

    whispers of stories you loved as child

    flower to your nose

    mingled aromas from those you’ve held dear

    hand to your heart

    warm like love itself (and you are loved)

    hold it gently and let it be

    forever balm to ease your sorrows