Intrinsic Heart

My Secret Heart Not just in my heart but in the secret space it holds. In the heart of my heart. In the place where I am myself. In the space that I protect the most and share the least....

Unison Benediction Return to the most human, nothing less will nourish the torn spirit, the bewildered heart, the angry mind: and from the ultimate duress, pierced with the breath of anguish, speak of love. Return, return to the deep sources,...

Inside the huge Romanesque church, the tourists jostled in the half darkness. Vault gaped behind vault, no complete view. A few candle flames flickered. An angel with no face embraced me and whispered through my whole body: "Don't be ashamed...

Having Come This Far I've been through what my through was to be I did what I could and couldn't I was never sure how I would get there I nourished an ardor for thresholds for stepping stones and for...

LANTERN Some evening, almost accidentally, you might yet understand that you belong, are meant to be, are sheltered--- still foolish, but looking out the door with a contented heart. This is what the king wants and the old man and...

POETRY And it was at that age ... Poetry arrived in search of me. I don't know, I don't know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don't know how or when, no they were not voices,...