Potluck

Oh! There I go again… Thinking that there’s no place, in the world, Where I fit in. Where is my true home? Where should I live? How far must I travel before I find my people, my town? There I go again… Down the road of tears and fears About being alone and what is wrong with me That I don’t fit in anywhere? So I ask myself, “Well, what do you bring to the table? What do you have to offer?” I look at...read more

We Circle Sending Emerging

We Circling around the moment Sending out energy streams like tentacles to touch The moment emerging. To touch each other and ourselves in that Emerging moment. Energy streaming from all the hearts We all witness the pulling out of that thread. We all pull Out through the throat of one of us From way deep down- And every one here Is drawing the thread. Wanting the pictures that are painting themselves To be seen...read more

Opening the Door

I fall asleep and find a door. I open that door and John is there Telling me about Heart and appearing slightly ragged. I feel afraid. Once, I opened the door and there was the man with the beard Who had been a snarling, stinking wolverine Just moments before- stalking me. Me and my sister terrified through the jungle Only to say “You have  a lot to learn from fear.” And once, I opened the door And...read more

Talk About Love, She Said

Love, now, is Hearing myself compare myself to her Noticing myself put myself down and Stopping that. Standing up for myself. Love, now, is Deliberately choosing to do something different Than I have ever done before. Something other than Trying harder to do better. Something other than pushing. Pushing… Something other than Hiding my face in shame or Embarrassment. Something other than Disappearing or...read more

Spaces

I feel so deliciously Curious… About The space between Our mouths Before we kiss and After we part. Parting. Our shoulders Our shouts. The electric space between Lips and ear-the whisper. In the closet, The space between his and hers, The space between leaves on the tree, Between tree and sky What happens in these spaces? These spaces we made To learn… what? To heal… what? To evolve… what? What of the...read more