Let Us Go Then
Broad-tailed Selasphorus HummingbirdAlbion Basin, Alta, UtahPhoto by Alice W. Lee Let us go then, you and I,From this moment on, Angel-friend,Through unexplored alleyways and streets,And in the darkness together meet the slowed strains of pain and grief. Let us melt into the unknown,Flow, half-drowned, in forgetful sleep—Lungs filled with the foreign, heavy deep. Let us […]
Anywhere With You
If you’ll flipperdoodle me, I will flipperwoodle you.I promise to.Behind the lapper-flapper, stintlesnapper,heck, anywhere with you. I know that you can see,how you’re jazzer-crashing me. Flingflamdropping, hellapottering,I can’t stop the sinpantfoddering,so just say you’ll agree. When I see your eyes,I feel my fellafrimple rise.You’re solarpropping, wonderclocking,benderstopping, feeler-meteorize. That is why.Won’t you come with me?I’ve waited […]
All is Well
Quitting begins new growth.The garden of thorns was never meant to be.I walk away and take my seeds with me.In another plot, I let myself in to start again.From my depths, I stretch up to meet the rain. Age bends time.All will spiral back to empower what was left.The promise never forgotten; the will never […]
The Garden Where Everything Matters
It’s too late now to see color at the Arboretum,only the moonlight in a dark and silent worldof trees, sage, flowers, stream, grass, and mulch.I walk among the labeled specimens, a shadow of myself. I have been studying all day, all week, all month,then tested and retested, until I am filled with fear and loathing.Anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, immunology.Information: […]
The Rich Witch
The house cleaners spilled bleach on my carpet,broke the lamp, and scratched the furniture.I shared how good cleaners were hard to get.“That’s a rich-person problem,” he demurred. The letter implied I was a witch–using crystals and incantations.Paying a lawyer to save my niche,as the Board invented accusations. Extraordinary-person problems are even worse–litigation over incantations vs. […]
You Are
Who are you, beyond yourself?When your thoughts and feelings becomestrange, unwelcomed intruders,abusing you day and night. Do you envy the freedom ofashes whipped by the wind? When the rhythms of life–sleep, breath, and stride–jerk and lurch off-charted,and your hair leaves in clumpsupon your trembling brush,do You leave too? After the mirrors have betrayed you,and colluded with […]
Beautiful Poems by David Whyte
Have you heard of the poet, David Whyte? Some poets write things that muddy the mind, but David’s poems illuminate the soul. I recommend his beautiful poems to you and hope that you will enjoy them and use them for your own enlightenment. I can’t decide on a favorite. They are all like gems, […]
Remember Me
When the sun sets,Or at the rising of the dawn,Remember me,When I am gone. Remember my imperfections—My incurable lateness,Living As-ifness instead of Isness,My smallness clashing with greatness. The healer-sage-artist bent overUnwieldy words that slanting-sayWhat is impossible to show.But you know, anyway… When you think of me,Your heart glowing with my name,I will be remembering you.Our […]
Before a Shift
It’s strange to be here,When I thought I would be there. I feel disappointed,Somehow lacking and disjointed. If, perhaps, and whys,Intentions interwoven with sighs. No more room left to grieve,No more tears to cleanse or relieve. Senses turned off, the mind in a hole,Don’t ask me anything—my heart won’t know. I will simply linger here,Until […]
Love Affair
Be not blind to self—The dark corners and the light.Be not deaf to self—The cacophony and soul’s song. And when you look down,Removed as angels from your pain,Look again,Embrace compassion,As a choice, in which you drown. Be kind to the child within—Let tears remind you of tenderness.Be patient with your incessant “Now!”Find the passion to […]