Tagged: spirit
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
three months till christmas
three months till christmas
and counting, but we can still
play ella’s greatest
hits to get everyone in
the spirit, over crab rice
.
20220927:2016
y
all at once, you are
all at once, you are
everywhere – in the butterfly
visiting the west
side, the dragonfly passing
through the garden this morning
.
20210814:1909
y
mama rabbit and
mama rabbit and
papa ox –
persistence
paired with an
indomitable
spirit – nothing
is insurmountable
.
20210720:2010
y
it’s human to build
it’s human to build
shelter with whatever is
available to
us – a deck of cards, sand, snow,
the spirit, other people
.
20210224:2018
y
two days before the
two days before the
new year, there is less bustling,
less homecoming, less
celebration, and more effort
to be together in spirit
.
20201230:0938
y
we are nearly home,
we are nearly home,
though the distance is often
immeasurable
.
20181121:0756
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: immeasurable
remember that year
remember that year
when we lost so
many… was the
joy ever worth
the long
aches afterwards?
everyone tries
these words
in their mouths
many times before
spitting them out.
they’re unswallowable
by any muscles
so the human spirit
keeps taking the bait
.
20170429:2327
y
jared, twenty years
jared, twenty years
is a long time to know and
not know a person –
when my spirit finally
meets your spirit, let’s start over
.
20160711:2132
y
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