the sturdy oak

listens as i whisper to the ground
and the air collects the sound
of emotion pouring out of my soul

"the sturdy oak" july 2009

be anything but bland.

if you meet a loner

no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. it's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.

my sister's keeper by jodi picoult

this earthly life is a battle

...if it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another...the sooner you make your mind up about that, the better off you are.

-Ma, "Little Town on the Prairie"

as long as we are on earth

the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another because this love is the resetting of a Body of broken bones.

we are born from the darkness

and poured into life