Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘rising’

The Dream 

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on July 29, 2026| 4 Comments »


 
In the small gray boat
I floated into the lock
and found myself closed in
the giant metal chamber. 
Water poured down the end wall,
and I was terrified
by the roar of the spillage,
aware I had no motor, 
no sail, no oars, no way
to escape the lock.
But inch by inch, foot by foot,
my boat was lifted 
by the growing depths 
and I was lifted with it
until the lock opened
and my boat flowed out 
into new higher waters.
How is it sometimes 
when we cannot imagine 
what comes next, 
the world shows us 
how the unimaginable 
happens, and all that is asked
of us is presence and patience?
Released, I still had no way
to steer the boat, 
no way to navigate
toward what came next,
but the sun attached 
a beam to the bow
and pulled me moment
by shining moment
into the open waves. 
 

Read Full Post »

The Channeling

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on January 20, 2026| 5 Comments »


 
We might as well be divine.
                  —Kate Horowitz, “i tell the ghost of carrie fisher the world is ending”
 
 
We might as well be divine.
As masked agents arrive
with guns, curses
and brutal disrespect,
we might as well be divine.
We might as well sing at the edge
of collapse, bring forth the kind
of harmony that calls goosebumps
to arms and hot tears to eyes.
As we march, as we gather,
as we fight for each other,
we might as well be divine.
As rivers shrink and sinkholes
appear and we face water
bankruptcy worldwide,
we might as well share
what is not ours to own.  
And be kind to each other.
And praise what good we find.
This is it. It’s like this. Nothing
but now. What we bring,
who we are, this is all.
As tears fall fast and voices rise,
as fear grows thick and viscous,
we might as well be channels for grace,
we might as well be divine.

Read Full Post »