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And Could It Be More

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on February 11, 2012| 1 Comment »

In the other room I hear
my father snoring
and imagine how
he’s stood before
outside my door
and listened
to my tides of sleep
with, could it be,
as much love for me
as I have now for him—
his shore is my shore,
our heart sails
open.

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And a Sweet Scent, Too

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 9, 2011| 3 Comments »


Oh Rumi, already
I have forgotten

your words from
this morning, I heard

them as though through
a hundred white veils.

It was something
about sweetness

and scattering, and
it feels like a loss

to not remember
exactly what was said.

Your words
were like, I don’t know,

a breeze moving over
my body, rearranging me

as if I were sand so
that what remains is

more art of the beloved and
something less of me.

Perhaps this is part
of the emptying—

letting go of words,
even lovely ones,

as the body releases
a breath. The lungs

do not lament the air
that so marvelously

filled them up.
How difficult I make it

sometimes. Like today,
for nearly an hour

I plum forgot to smile.
By grace I remembered

to soften the face
and let myself be smiled.

How wonderful it’s been
since then, the veils

rippling around me,
openings appearing

in the current of folds.

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