Your day begins in darkness, Where your thoughts are still but dreams Buried deep in your subconscious, Earth’s reality is not what it seems. Ideas, creativity, imagination Are given you to be won, To be manifested in reality, To join … Read More
The Passenger
He sits, he stares, Motionless, suspended In his colorless world, In his downtrodden shoes, Lost in time and space. His eyes are fixed Upon the ground, Head cupped in hand, Grey cap tipped, The world passes, but he does not … Read More
Ode to Saint Paul
Oh timeless traveler, Do you still visit childhood haunts Below the Cydnus River banks Above the trading port of Tarsus Where Egyptian Queen Cleopatra Beguiled Roman Mark Anthony? Oh cosmopolitan one, A Roman by citizenship, A Jew by birth, … Read More
What is a Mother?
A mother is God’s chosen vessel To give birth to you and me, Your mother formed you in the womb But God created thee. She gave you her genetic imprint And your father’s family tree, She fed you with her … Read More
The Seagull
Floating on currents of air Warmed by ebbing tides And shifting winds, His shadow circles from overhead. Wings extended, soaring along The windswept beach. He hovers at the water’s edge To mark his target, Then up, up, positioning A little … Read More
Glass Ceiling
Ouch! I hit the glass ceiling: “Fit in this box, be like this,” Or slide down the slippery pole Of human politics. “Learn what we want you to learn, Be how we want you to be, Stay exactly where … Read More