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A Recovering Spell: The Flamboyant Tree

Branches of a soul aflame but not consumed

A Recovering Spell: The Coqui

A call in the dark Found only by the one who hears

A Recovering Spell: The Machete

Tool to clear Tool to restrain Tool to harvest Tool to sustain

A Recovering Spell: The Campesino

From field removed and forest swept, The cane and coffee left for more certain hands

The restaurant is a chaotically organized orchestra of background noise, but between these two, the institutional merriment of the Tex-Mex chain is silenced. They sit across from another, the center piece flare dulling in the tension between them, the hands of one resting on the table and the other with arms crossed. “Why would aContinue reading “The Ambush”

Lift

Hands were made to lift The tool that builds The obstacle in the path The weight that oppresses Hands were made to lift The infant that cries The child that laughs The friend that despairs The love that unites Hands were made to lift The object The body The dream The offering The Spirit HandsContinue reading “Lift”

Pilgrim

What a time to be alive. To be making this journey now. I see other families around me and the mixture of excitement, fear, doubt, and absolute certainty for what lies at our destination. A millennium ago another ambitious group set out on this very same journey; three ships funded by three governments on aContinue reading “Pilgrim”

Ecosystem of the Mind

A community unseen Thoughts competing for habitat and resources Herds of routine travelling together, grazing Packs of spontaneous on the prowl, hunting Masses of involuntary writhing in the undergrowth In the sky the rising and setting of alertness Moving in an atmosphere of stimuli A climate of inputs Absorbed and converted into action One worldContinue reading “Ecosystem of the Mind”

Chemistry of Fate

There is confidence in the stoichiometry No decisions need be made Elements measured and poised All that is required is an action But what hope is there that every electron will obey? How can I expect 100% yield?

The Deep

I am awestruck by the creatures of the deep ocean. The shapes and forms and adaptations that occur are beyond imagining. And as I think about it, the deep ocean is really a designer’s paradise. The conditions there are such that evolution can proceed free from many of the constraints imposed upon creatures here onContinue reading “The Deep”