the echoes

Rebirth

are you afraid to close your eyeswhen demons start emergingout of the closet, out of the trunks of treesout of your repressed anger,out of the silenceyou can’t standout of their… more

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Rebirth

Forgive

In a world dipped in, brushed on by mistakes In which form does forgiveness appear? Is it like poetry? How does it feel? As basic as the sun? Or the… more

Forgive

Fall in love for five more minutes… Do you smell smoke? Your flesh burns a little, Sit with the pain, Stay, fall in love A few minutes more Please Endure… more

Gratitude

Were you kind? Did you pay attention? Were you burning with your passions? Did you shout to the stranger when he squeezed himself in on the subway? Did you avoid… more

Gratitude

Manifest

scribble poems on the streets of Paris, smudge the bitterest tears on the page as they flow down your face. eyelids closed, slowly lift up your head under the sweeping… more

Manifest

The leaves talked to me yesterday, of what life could smell, what we could breathe on the other side of the world. As they wriggled, teased, danced with the wind,… more

In Time, Freedom

there is something, anything, which takes time. time to shout and time to shut up. time to prepare the tomatoes, wash them on the sink, slice into their skins, throw… more

In Time, Freedom

Distance

A place is like a person. A person is like a place. I have landed, and, I had this deep, deep longing to return even before landing. You unwrapped, removed,… more

Distance

What if You have 571 miles to cast loose Yet there is no one to get lost with Only silence Between the front seats. more

Let Go

It’s hard to own something you’re not sure you own – dreams socks lovers landscapes emotions skies drawings petals rhymes heartbeats – In a moment, they perish. In a lifetime,… more

Let Go

Oceans

circled in, vacuumed, lostin this tanglenessclouds, cravings, chatter, vines let me know when you arrivei am everywhere in this fence, i stand andfrom my palms slip the odds and endsi… more

Oceans

A quiet hunger for the wildA wilder hope for lifetimesThey say it’s a shot in the darkI say it’s a shot in the blinding light more

Changes

I once had a dreamIt was all I ever wantedI thought it mightexplode any momentAnd then it didI exploded with itAnd then we were gone more

Changes

Chemistry

it must be built it must be a source of strength it must be mixed it must be quantified and not quantified it must hurt like a failure it must… more

Chemistry

Do you want to know what I’m thinking right now? I think of you everyday, as if you’re mine to think. But anyway, thoughts are unwinding in the wind, and… more

Capacities

If you can’t feel the spine and roots and calm and circle of the people who surround you, build it, become that inclusive embrace of warmth, gather up the energy and… more

Capacities

Organic

Have you touched seen tasted it Glass in between Have you felt the energy of things as it was The night before They come to me, like moths attracted to… more

Organic

Sea foam that ragesbelow my feetNoRather white wavesthat weepQuietly, smoothly, under the undisturbingglare of the afternoon sun NightUntil I sought a spaceinsideUntil this woman whispered her shantiUntil his vulnerable voice… more

Rain

Savaged the glass window And gloried in its broken pieces And sharpness On the floor, the pile of broken pieces Took them all Like precious, delicate shells, cupped them inside… more

Rain

Ephemeral

it comes out of her mouth, it comes outof her fingersat the tips of her hairright therethey blush, they rushlike wordplayslike mazesin the oblivionwhere do they come fromunintentionalthat intend some… more

Ephemeral

When you go places, do you bring and keep your many selves everywhere? Or do you peel your parts and leave pieces along the paths just like Hansel and Gretel?… more

Process

Sometimes when silenceEchoesWhen I have nothing else to sayMy thoughtsHave all the energy to fill the silenceOf you and meAnd us and this distanceOf airBack when we were flesh to… more

Process

Magic

Anything else Everything else Nothing else It’s totally, organically becoming else So how do you see it? Most importantly, how do you feel about it? Expansive or contracting? Is there… more

Magic

All these remind me of love lettersYou have a face, a fleshUnderneath the texture is your magnificent soulThat is realYou are really, really, really hereBut not really hereSo when do… more

Answers

Through your smile and your eyes Something powerful Bananas perhaps? Something good A really good soul Even without words Through your smile and your eyes He becomes happy Through your… more