by Lesley | Jan 25, 2023 | courage, Creativity, Soul |
Read a poem to an audience while your voice and hands shake with fear. Give that coin to the homeless man who will likely buy drugs. Tell your friend you love her even as the air shimmers with awkwardness. Let the wind blow your hair into a rat’s nest, the sun burn...
by Lesley | Sep 23, 2020 | courage, Creativity, God, gratitude |
You, my dear, are not that sinner that hater that worm groveling in the subterranean dark. You, my love, are a great explorer of this vast, fecund world with its gooey saliva spit its sharp edges that cut to the very bone its naïve kisses in the backseat of a...
by Lesley | Aug 3, 2020 | courage, Creativity, Soul |
That thief who sneaks in through the dark of night may steal your physical beauty, your resilience and youth. It may steal your family, your passion for work or movies and even your most romantic love story. It may steal your brilliant philosophies political...
by Lesley | Jun 30, 2020 | Creativity, Devotion, Surrender, Uncategorized |
Why, my dear Sugar Snap when I have given you a stake to climb that is tall and straight leading directly to the higher worlds do you insist on attaching your tendrils, wrapping them tightly, around any old grass blade or tree root down below? Each day,...
by wpadmin | Apr 8, 2019 | courage, Creativity, Soul |
When you disappear into worry the mountains miss you. The sky yearns for your company. The earth longs for your step. And the Beloved inner self aches for your return. Any moment, when that longing calls, come back, awaken to the now where...
