Tagged: death
let’s place a bookmark
let’s place a bookmark
into this moment, where waking
is remembering
.
20230402:1815
y
absence slips in and
absence slips in and
out of consciousness – one moment,
there is space for joy
and laughter, the next moment,
drowning in so much emptiness
.
20230330:2215
y
one more or one less
one more or one less
person on the planet can
be felt, not by the
mass gained or lost, but by the
speed at which we suddenly spin
.
20230326:2059
y
maybe leveling
maybe leveling
up requires a sacrifice,
a death for which we
need not grieve –
we are practicing
taking off our
armor in front of
each other, one
heavy piece at a time –
the sudden lightness
unbalances us
.
20230302:1710
y
perhaps the spirit
perhaps the spirit
knows when it is on its way
out, reaching across
borders and time zones to connect,
reconnect before it departs
.
20221118:1500
y
we have harvested
we have harvested
yesterday’s tomatoes for
today’s pasta, a
bouquet of fresh basil gave
up its breath to top it off
.
20220920:2237
y
one by one, fallen
one by one, fallen
icons are reborn, time and
again – we retell
tales and make up stories to
fill in the glamorous gaps
.
20220909:1627
y
in the end, we may
in the end, we may
not find symmetry before
it finds us, only
if we are lucky, slipping
into an unwakeable sleep
.
20220817:1444
y
perhaps in the end,
perhaps in the end,
our batteries will simply
swell beyond what our
bodies can withstand, too late to
backup, to transfer, to transcend
.
20220630:0152
y
we wait all day for
we wait all day for
something to happen – in the
microcosm of
our backyard – life, death, and the
great escape, if only for now
.
20220517:1724
y