Before you say who I am,I must first find myselffreedfrom the bad adviceand flattering applause,of sideline voicesand those inside my head.Cross currents of agendasand wind-chilling judgements.To reconcile inward discordand outward appearances.This is not for the faint-hearted,assailed by the unrelenting elementsof wind and tide,until all that is leftis,what remains.Only then can Ibebe- comingme.

No exitThe sign, just beyond the cattle stop, said“No exit”.If you take this gravel roadthere is no way out,it’s a deadend.If you are to returnit can only be by the same roadbut you and I both knowyou can never travel the same road twice.You cannevertravel the same roadtwice.The solace of thisfierce landscapewaits:hills buried byyears of […]

Said the Dreamer to the Darkness “I am not afraid”. For by the night I can see a horizon light years and beyond. Said the Darkness to the Morning Light “Welcome”. Knowing a dream is only a dream until it is seen by the light. Said the Morning Light to the Dreamer “Wake up, We […]

Threshold The keen east wind funnels between the weathered barn doors over the threshold, where the chaff and the wheat have been separated by threshing and a cleansing wind. Today the same wind funnels between these ancient doors, and looking westwards you cross over the threshold, where chaff and wheat are separated by threshing and […]

Turn to wonder When the going gets tough turn to wonder; a crack that catches the light by a sideways glance, invading the darkness of questions that only make sense from the other side. Wonder, like the burning bush frees you from all names spoken over you. Wonder, like sky, once held every drop that […]

I was thinking of you as I walked the line between tides, listening to the sea and the land clap hands, watching the the rise and fall of the oceans breath, and feeling the sand between my toes. This is my prayer for you. May you forever clap with two hands each dissolving one into […]