I’m working on being a better churchgoer these days. I’m not great at it, but I try. I go for lots of reasons: to connect with a community of well-intentioned people, to practice gratitude, to be more present, and probably a little bit to show my kids what I care about. I’m not sure if…
Tag: faith
It’s Never Enough
I’d take a thousand years of it and a thousand more, if only to get one more slice of that round fruit where eyes melt into one beating heart, and a second sun rises from deep within. What magic is there in all the Universe that is greater than that? You want an arm? Take it….
A Sunday Break
I’m posting this on a Sunday, though I didn’t write it on a Sunday. I actually wrote it on Wednesday night while waiting up for my son to get home from working out at the gym. But I’m trying to be better about unplugging from work and writing, one day a week, to be fully…
The Final Ripple
Was that the one?
The final ripple?
Of rebirth? Of… birth?
And if it was, what now?
Where shall I go?
Where shall I take
this patchwork of spirit and body
that grew back together?
It almost doesn’t seem real.
There’s too much to remember.
Too much to forget.
Too much to correct,
while knowing all
that we can’t.
Maybe that’s why it happened—
so I’d stop.
Stop believing
we each get one glorious river,
running one course,
until it empties into the ocean
where all rivers meet.
That all of it is a matter
of choosing your vessel
and deciding to get on board.