Awake

  I was asleep; I awoke. In my waking I realized, His person was in my person, I awoke and realized the Messiah and I are one.   I was asleep and awoke with his person in my person, And I realized it is true, we are one, we are. He is that he is, … More Awake

A Precarious Peace

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ precarious 1646, a legal word, “held through the favor of another,” from L. precarius “obtained by asking or praying,” from prex (gen. precis) “entreaty, prayer.” Notion of “dependent on the will of another” led to sense “risky, dangerous, uncertain” (1687). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   “Every man’s ways are right in his own eyes, but in … More A Precarious Peace

Abiding Waters

Deep abiding waters still with wisdom’s age Silent. Deep abiding waters, of my heart of my soul Deep abiding waters still before me lay Silent. I stared into your waters and I cried, I cried. I stared into your waters and I cried and drank. I know, my sorrow and my pain carved out the … More Abiding Waters

Time

“Time” was written in Venice, Italy the summer of 1985.  Young, in love with life, and studying architecture abroad; I struggled much.  Written before I understood that time is now or it is not at all.  Because of these words I came to know that now is the only time we have…   Time. In … More Time

After the Rains

    After the rains, between the storms, nearing the seasons end, The river swells rushing toward the sea; rising up the banks, beyond the summer channel.   Like my heart.   I’m yet full of muck, mud and the debris from the storms that have passed through, Yet as it flows comes also cleansing, … More After the Rains

Clean up time!

  It’s clean up time! Came to me one morning in 1986; I wrote it down in my journal, in early January of 2016 I found it again, added the image taken at a Christmas display from an open house toured that Christmas Eve in Novato California. Posted now for all to read, the word … More Clean up time!

Rock in the road

  Up until now, there was  a rock in the road of my life, A rock causing turbulence in the stream of my energies, One common to all,  Expectations!   Expectations can clog the flow, They can muddy the waters of our hearts.   Are they not formulated by our thinking and then inform our … More Rock in the road