following their passion

– street mural Freiberg, Germany

Where would I be
Without your light
Your warmth
To illuminate me?

Show me when 
The seasons
Begin and end
I will embrace them

A break in the clouds
Is all that is needed
For hope to return 
My mind is firm

No other way to live

'One flight down
There's a song on low
And your mind just picked up on the sound
Now you know 
that you're wrong
Because it drifts like smoke
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know

The reeds and brass have been weaving
Leading into a single note

In this place
Where your arms unfold
Here at last you see your ancient face
Now you know

The cadence rolls in broken
Plays it over and then goes
One flight down
There's a song on low
And it's been there playing all along
Now you know'

Lyrics: Jesse Harris
'One Flight Down'by Norah Jones

From the earliest time
Before I knew a thing
About you 
When we spoke
We were the only ones
In the room

It is still

Every day
Still here
When life
Goes astray
Will you walk
With me?

‘That which humbles, liberates.’

Alie Ward

Touch
Sets me free
Relative to
Intent
To care
For me

Time
Swallows me
Inversely to
Return
Of room
To breathe

Gifting
Bestows me
Unless already
Living love
In silence
And space

Much love
Without
Freedom
Erase

High tide 
Midnight
Nod and smile
Eleven degrees

One hour past
I cannot last 
Curl and pray
Nine degrees

Two hours past
Play that song 
Warm my toes
All else is cold

Three hours past 
Sea escaping 
Life floundering
To be a hermit
Cold blooded 

Six hours at last
Dignity of light
Sounds of life
Hope restored

Because the night
Brings the day
Darkness saves
Gives way

To resurrect me

Thomas Wainewright Exhibit, TMAG.

‘Universally, most things are misunderstood. We are swimming in this…’

Charlie Parr

From State to State 
Better to great
Boundary closed
Came too late

Filling the void
Solace enjoyed
Twice seen reprise
Steadying voice

Stillness discern
Tis good to yearn
For pace and peace
As new life returns