I say dear god reflexively, without really knowing if anyone is listening. Because it feels quiet, but also like the right thing to do. Where it isn’t quiet, though is in how I feel about all the world. So I trust a little that my plaint lands squarely somewhere inside. And when you, too, say… Continue reading Of One Unit of Being
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These Fires
An intentionally placed hallelujah won’t raise the tides to quench a jaundiced sky; no more do I feel less spiritually waterlogged for the wine. I remember, the time; the time; the time. I remember so much, and for the less forgotten; how could I lose track, but still conflate years and minutes. I am——beleaguered, labored,… Continue reading These Fires
Such Is
Take, eat, so it goes. Still, I can only digest so much of this heaping helping of benediction. I will mix metaphors with mercies, myriad, maligned. Mostly what I recall from prayerful bow is tired knees. Now I can’t say if answers sought were simply unfound or unfounded. I would raise my voice, still, for… Continue reading Such Is
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