my dad's chin

is a strawberry butt.

i miss him.

why don't people know what to do?

the way my cat knows what to do
or a bird
or a bear
or a whale
or an elephant

they do what they do
because it is all they can do
and they do it so well

the wild ones know
and they will fly or swim or walk
thousands of miles
because that is where they are going

and now i am doing what i do
is this what i do?

lead with your heart

yoga class tonight
hip openers like floodgates
inversions let the weight from my chest
spill out my head and onto the mat
one breath flows into one breath flows
i hold mine
for the fear that i won't have enough
for what is next

i trust people because i want to
not because i do

i see the good in people because i do

the birds they sang
at the break of day
start again
I heard them say
don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
ah the wars they will
be fought again
the holy dove
she will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.

ring the bells that still can ring
forget your perfect offering
there is a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in.


sweet sweet words of leonard cohen

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you."

-Marianne Williamson

baby i love you and the morning do
a little smile on my lips and the taste of you