On this Winter Solstice Eve, Which me should I go dark to see? My past me’s pain and hopes and dreams? Tomorrow’s me who’s light yet beams? Warmed by my cedar smudge stick’s blaze I’ll set my sights on me and gaze. Past me now thank those chapters dark For growth through sorrow, truths cold… Continue reading Winter Solstice
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The Quarantine Poems
I have a post-it tacked to the vision board in my office that stares me in the face every day. “Life is suffering…and yet…” I came across this idea - rooted in Buddhism - a few years ago and it’s become one of my most sacred mantras. Suffering, pain, trauma. It’s inescapable and universal. My… Continue reading The Quarantine Poems