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A Splash and Ripple

One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice —though the whole housebegan to trembleand you felt the old tugat your ankles.“Mend my life!”each voice cried.But you didn’t stop.You knew what you had to do,though the wind priedwith its stiff fingersat the very foundations,though their melancholywas…

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Loss and Gain

Your absence has gone through meLike thread through a needle.Everything I do is stitched with its color.”― W.S. Merwin, Separation Stick season brings a different kind of light with it. Trees stand like soldiers, marching across landscapes, over hills and deep into valleys. Without the cover of leaves, we see things otherwise obscured. The early…

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The Inner Necessity

“We all have an essence, something inside of us that was uniquely assigned by the universe. This goes deeper than talent and skill. It’s a calling. An inner necessity. Your essence doesn’t care about power, promotions, or possessions. It only cares about one thing: expression.If essence is who you really are, then expression is how…