I Was a Man Once
I was a man once
in another life
I remember it fuzzily and distantly
I am sure I loved some things, some people
with all my heart in that taken-over way
Falling Into the Heartfield
May 14, 2019 | Poetry
the first feeling as I cast myself into the world’s body
is: panic and pandemonium
then: the children are scared and whimpering
then: quiet mumbling by powerful men making plans
then: the women are comparing notes
then: the dogs are barking because they are alone
Hurting Others with Energy: Part 4
May 10, 2019 | Poetry, Uncategorized
Wherever we sacrifice our own self-expression, we hurt ourselves, and also others, because they may have needed what we were going to express via our joyful creativity.
read moreThe Surfacing Feminine
Apr 28, 2019 | Poetry
This is a song sung to the young men who are about to enter their initiation in the Tzutujil Mayan tradition. It comes via Martin Prechtel, a teacher and artist I greatly admire.
read moreYou are Always in the Air
Apr 19, 2019 | Poetry
it doesn’t matter
where I am on this earth
You are always in the air
all around me
and in the food and water I take inside me
and in the trees and leaves, and birds and feathers
and rocks and rainstorms
that I love so much
The Belonging
Sep 10, 2014 | Poetry
what is it like the moment before you release all memory of the painful past?
right then, when you fully feel the lifetimes of pointless thought
invested in reciting litanies of “what I don’t have,”
“what I can’t or won’t experience,”
“how I can’t feel love because no one gives it the right way,”
or “how I feel alone—with people or without them”?