Things I Cared About – With tongue in cheek

Love.  I cared about love.  It came in many forms from many different kinds of people.  I gave as much as I could manage. Breath.  Yours or mine, or ours together, knowing we get to see another day.  Mouthwash is good. Imbalance.  Not everything has to be the same.  Imperfection, too.  It seems I have […]

Spirit – Fourth poem of the self

brought-up Catholicextensive damage wroughtknee jerk atheist reactionbut slower considerationbrings better tranquillity new learning to respectother people’s beliefswhatever they may beand exploring what mightjust work for me as well still trying to make peacewith myself as much aswith the rest of the worlddeity not possible for meexcept that found in others peace acceptanceforgiveness resilienceawareness responsibilityother people […]

Learning – Third poem of the self

I decided that schoolwas not a place to learnand I made a mess ofevery part of my selfthat mattered to me still scraped throughuniversity still an optionscraped through that tooand for many years survivedin the only way I knew how graft and grind was the waypunched more holes in my healthtried to ignore health and […]

Engagement – Second poem of the self

looked at the worldand got involvedoutward vision tobe of service to otherstook a bit of learning a lot of learningfor relationshipsexploration andfalling off the edgeof the known world remembered how to playwithout needing to knowwhy any of us do whatwe just do anywayor so I believed then chose my friends makinglots of mistakes on that […]

Animal – First poem about the self

animal world of whichwe are naturally partinvades my thoughtsin the every daymakes me do better this body and its healthreliant upon my attentionneeds food and drinkand lots of exercisefirst two are ok anyway the younger medid better it seemsalthough still the runtchallenges been presentfrom the very start I hunt out the best foodensure no dehydrationfix […]