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june bug
Life is funny sometimes. I gathered myself in all seriousness. June has been a density surrounding me, supporting and invisible. Times I might have fallen, but did not. The miracle of buoyancy. Just this, still here, still breathing, while all … Continue reading
every breath a crossing
We are in the heart of the wood. It is dark and damp and still. I sit by the pool of the white lotus. The trunks of ancient trees tower over me. The ground is thick with ferns. My companions … Continue reading
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love is yes
I kneel at the river’s edge, dip my hand into the cold flowing, cup the water and carry it to my face. The water is full of light and clarity. I think that this is all, this kneeling and receiving … Continue reading
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night mother
The Ferryman leans over me, shakes me gently. “Wake up,” he says, “you’ve been dreaming.” I am confused. It’s dark and chill. Where am I? The ground is damp underneath me. There is a sweet, bent grass scent to it. … Continue reading
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all right now
When I look to my third chakra I see a man in pale coveralls. He is ready to get the job done. He’s got a walkie-talkie pressed to his ear but all it’s putting out is static. He gives it … Continue reading
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equally true
We are deep deep in the green, not moving, past need for movement. In our stillness we are everywhere. We have arrived at the lotus pool. The pool is us. The radiance blooms in our stillness. A wind comes up … Continue reading
I dreamed again
I woke from dreams of effort and striving to find myself rainfall in the tree tops, the long descent broken across green surfaces, to gather again and fall and break again, until at last I fell into the still dark … Continue reading
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May says: What are you waiting for?
I have been trying to meet up with May, but she is hard to pin down. She feels like a suitcase packed and ready, the night before departure, like fairgrounds in the dawn, a dancer poised in position behind a … Continue reading
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blessing monkeys
I am in the wood, moving fast. We have found a path, a trail. It is narrow and sometimes obscure. Leaves and small branches smack at me if I’m not careful. The Ferryman comes behind me, bearing my burdens. My … Continue reading
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Deer Man breathes over my heart
I go to the Wellspring on hands and knees. I cannot lift myself up. I am heavy. My palms press into the dirt, the small rocks biting. I hear the Wellspring, the delicate splashing, but cannot lift myself to her. … Continue reading
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