Intrinsic Heart

IT MAKES SENSE TO ME NOW by Jimmy Santiago Baca That evening I drove down from San Francisco to Los Angeles and dropped in to visit Luis, who told me:         It’s your turn to carry the torch.  Years later...

DIAMONDS ARE BORNE   A diamond is borne up to the surface of Earth from unimaginable depths, bearing with it the whole astonishing history of its creation.   Your life is a chance to drink deep from the source well,...

   Water's Prayer Leafless aspens groom the iced breeze, while below a brook descends the mountain with its musical story, remembering the serenity of sky, and lightning's clear passion. Water knows what is far will be near. Water says choose that...

Under Ideal Conditions say in the flattest part of North Dakota on a starless moonless night no breath of wind a man could light a candle then walk away every now and then he could turn and see the candle...

For When People Ask  ~~ I want a word that means okay and not okay, more than that: a word that means devastated and stunned with joy. I want the word that says I feel it all all at once....

BLESSING FOR THE PLACE BETWEEN When you come to the place between. When you have left what you held most dear. When you are traveling toward the life you know not. When you arrive at the hardest ground. May it...