Silence of the Mountains
Into the quiet dark I commit my messengers, the soul survivors of desperate folly. Send word to the wanderers; they must hear of the rising stars unseen before this night. The sky map will guide them beyond the desert of certainty, to the river of crystal water, where tablets of the future are written in […]
Taking Flight
Snow covered hills under winter’s blanket, where I wake in a foreign land with trees of ash and oak, bare branched like veins in the gray sky. However far I travel the earth is still the earth, held like a new born each new day, a silent presence among the stars. The gift of light, […]
Who Dare to Sing
Drunk on starlight I stumble in the temple, my voice loud in praise of Aldebaran and Sirius. I doubt I will ever be sober, the Almighty so biased toward the unabashed. Desire guides me on the luminous track, lured by darkness to the distant light where sky gods celebrate those who love night glory, who […]
Winter Lyric
I rise and fall the ancient way, from root to leaf and back to earth; the road I tread these autumn years, without desire or fear of death. Gone with summer the need to shine, I seek the earth like fallen leaves. Birds fly high, owl hunts night, my wings fold as deep roots call. […]
God’s Idea
In the quiet dark earth nurtures her future below the cold wet ground. Forests wait in embryo, plants and flowers and the vastness of green to come, alive in the winter womb, fed by her heartbeat. And my undiscovered self, waiting there for the spark of awakening, for God’s idea of who I might be […]
Welcome
Welcome darkness, fear and blight, welcome suffering, welcome night. Welcome the beautiful, desert and seas, welcome the mountains, welcome the trees. Welcome ignorance, violence and pain, welcome the homeless, welcome the rain. Welcome the thoughtful giver of gifts, welcome the lame, welcome the swift. Welcome the womb, the seed and flower, welcome the timeless, welcome […]
Stranger to the Beautiful
Dropping like rain, I fall into a new year of starless nights and wet gray dawns, when crows return to silent evergreens as I search and shovel to excavate joy. The earth opens, then down I tumble into a vault of spring seeds, perfect and unbroken. The goddess of night protects these treasures, and I, […]
Solstice Ladder
Down I go the solstice ladder to the crib where phantoms dwell, wearing the cloth of my familiar they cut and tear, so heartless in the gloom. I can’t save them, no one can, but in the night work of suffering and separation, soulful needles pierce the lie, threads of compassion draw the riven cloth. […]
Gift Forever
Christmas 2024 Voices joined in the dark, singing out the word of life, open and receive the birth of light, gift forever to the living. Reading of “Gift Forever” with music by Voces8
Solstice Cathedral
Along the cracked sidewalks and traffic choked streets, beneath the winter barren of leafless trees, I gather the litter of holiness, tossed aside and left for trash. With scraps of paper, messages forlorn and forgotten, I piece together a mandala, rose window of pilgrim light for the solstice dark cathedral. […]
River of Grace
Quiet as fallen leaves, I search the dawn for signs of belonging, signals of faith. Crows fill the rooftops, rain on wet streets, the droop of willow and grinding of trucks. Then I find you at rest in the holy, carried within me wherever I go. Doors unlock, windows open, firelight of being in your […]
Waiting for the Signal
With darkness past its peak, sunlight charms the rain-soaked valley after weeks of clouded skies. Beneath the paved streets of departed forests, there is the pulse of new-earth heartbeat, waiting only for the signal to be born Reading of “Waiting for the Signal” […]
Let the Earth Approach
The night is clouded, close with rain, evergreens sway in shadow; darkness comforts. I let the earth approach, tree and tide, the sound of wind, sweep of the sea, and from the core of root and stone the flow of grace fills my vessel. […]
Braced Below Ground
White capped waves lift across the sea as winter storms blow in from the south. Bending to the force without breaking, wind strengthens root, trees braced below ground, joining hands in the earth. Reading of “Braced Below Ground” with music by Darkside
Growing Feathers
Clouds descend on the island with the sound of foghorns and cries of geese. Somewhere hidden above sun and stars continue, while below I’m motionless as the silent trees. Fledgling in the nest of great mother, I sip at her knowledge, growing feathers for the flight to come. Reading of “Growing Feathers” […]