I edit my work,
but not early
as often
as my work
edits me.
Tag: words
What’s Art Good For?
“What will you do
with your degree?”
“Create art.”
“And what’s art good for?”
Preventing your lunch break
from remaining the most interesting
thought to captivate you today.
Talismans
Words are talismans
from the places
we’ve traveled
and the people
we’ve been,
and the word
I carry in my chest,
favored above all,
is your
name.
On Longing
Every night my soul leaves,
and every morning, it crawls back, exhausted.
One night I followed it
down old paths
past familiar trees
and, all at once,
I uncovered to where my soul
wandered
as I joined my soul
in watching you.
Wordsmith Wednesday: Poem IX
I fell to sleep singing a love song;
a rhythm to my breathing,
with the cadence
of a chest rising and falling
to the beat of a ballad
that plays for you.
When I awoke
in the middle of the night
in the hollow of a barren silence,
I couldn’t find the music.
After I searched under the covers
and in the corners of the room,
I heard you humming the tune
that lulled me to sleep.
I should have known that only you
could take the music
from my throat.
On Thunder & Power
Whence come tyrants, oppressors and despots,
castles, aristocracies, and upper classes?
Where of the earth comes this power
When none, more than another, knows what the thunder says?
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Touchstone Tuesday – Poem IV
It is, somehow, of great pride
and of stark vulnerability
to write.
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Holiness
Sure, we’re all holy
(from the neck up)
aren’t we?
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Wordsmith Wednesday – Poem IV
Lo, but if we exchanged in commerce
with kindness as currency
and commensurate compassion,
then – and only then –
would wealth be something of honor.
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On Possession
I said she was mine
and he was mine.
They were mine.
And I swallowed them whole,
cherishing the explosive flavor of control.
Then, He came,
and pulled them from my throat.
He told me they were His.
They were all His.
But he didn’t devour them.
What kind of revolution is this?
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Faith, Health, and Other Musings 