Dreams Come True?

I was driving by the lake, looking at the reflection of the winter trees on the surface of the water. Ice crystals sparkled across the mirror image of the sky overhead. A darkness descended over me and a grimace came to my face. I felt resigned to sadness and hopelessness. “What’s wrong?” I looked aroundContinue reading “Dreams Come True?”

Where You Belong

Life behind the veil I hope you’ll come with me on this journey of thought. Imagine in your mind, the idea of society. Can you see it? What’s it made of? Do you see structures, of the physical and social variety? Can you see boxes and shapes and clusters? Do you see all of theContinue reading “Where You Belong”

In the Meadows

Does Ease still know my name? Though I wandered in the valleys of doubt In the shadow of strain Swam in rivers of anger In rage and loathing Does love still know my name? I toiled in the mines of Ugly Tearing away at the walls of disease Does the light still know my name?Continue reading “In the Meadows”

Into the Cold

The world became scaryScaryColdAnd I wanted to run backTo the places I knowWhere I feel safeThose pockets, or streamsWhere the world is blocked outA warm fog of yellows and brownsCarries me,And the world is distant. No, stay. I stayedIn the coldIn the realization of the coldBriefly, feeling the scary worldCold and blustering. I said, HebaContinue reading “Into the Cold”