From the loving tree…..

Morning breaks through branches scratching words across the sky and I draw back sometimes like a stranger to love because I’ve taken on some lies that sting and shame and so I look down and miss the affectionate twinkle in the only eyes who get to tell me who I am. But when I listen…

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Gifts from a song-bird…..

I want to share some birdsong I’ve been grooving on, some sweet shots of sanity that sift  the kool-aid to the top so truth can skim it off and toss it, leaving clearer waters inside. Because, geez, this world gets noisy, so much hype and clatter drummed down harsh on living things and we seem…

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The breath and belly of it all….

Winter rolls into Spring and my heart rides the growing waves that lift and toss and throw me sometimes further out as I begin to set my hope on a door that slowly opens, then closes sudden and an undertow sweeps me into a tailspin and I’m struggling breathless and unable to work my wings…

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Cry baby cry…..

I’ve had my heart broken, the air knocked out of my voice so it’s been quiet here for a little while, giving myself instead to the work of breathing in and back out and then repeating all over again. And I’ve given myself over to the tears which seem to flow unchecked and without warning. I’m wildly…

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