Running

In the beginning

yes, death
or pausing
is a question.

Now
each step
tells
of the work I've 
done
or
work I need to 
do.

Of course,
the action itself,
repetitive,

is both
liberating and
cleansing.

- Daniel Nelson
(arranged quote)

Midnight in Early Spring

At one moment a few old leaves come in
frightened
and lie down together and stop moving
the nights now go in threes
as in a time of danger
the flies
sleep like sentries on the darkened panes

some alien blessing
is on its way to us
some prayer ignored for centuries
is about to be granted to the prayerless
in this place

who were you
cold voice born in captivity
rising
last martyr of hope
last word of a language
last son
other half of grief
who were you

so that we may know why
when the streams
wake tomorrow and we are free

- W.S. Merwin

Corpus and Cosmos

Wandering 

re-establishes 

the original harmony 

which once existed 

between 

man and the universe.

- Anatole France

The Heart of Solitude

When you inhabit

your solitude

fully

you will find that at its heart

there is neither

loneliness

nor emptiness

but intimacy

and

shelter.

There is a lantern

in the soul,

which makes your solitude

luminous.

- John O’Donohue

(arranged quote)