Gratitude

Loving this message today! And Paolo has quite a voice! Inspiring me to sing even more.

A Message from the Wanderer

Today outside your prison I stand and rattle my walking stick: Prisoners, listen; you have relatives outside. And there are thousands of ways to escape. Years ago I bent my skill to keep my cell locked, had chains smuggled to me in...

For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid

There is a country to cross you will find in the corner of your eye, in the quick slip of your foot--air far down, a snap that might have caught. And maybe for you, for me, a high, passing voice...

Every atom in your body

Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You...

Hypnotizing circle dance by Sufi Zikr

Came across this on Facebook and found it on Youtube - absolutely hypnotic! Can't stop watching. From the comments on Facebook: Sufi dance Zikr in Chechnya "What they are doing is a very typical Sufi Muslim thing called 'dhikr' which...

Brother and Sister

do you remember, brother those days in the wood when you ran with the deer — falling bloody on my doorstep at dusk stepping from the skin grateful to be a man? and do you know, brother just how I...

A light is glimmering in the dark

A light is glimmering in the dark, flickering and growing firmer, constant now and stronger by our stories shared and retold they keep the shadows at bay. The light is emboldened as we share our hopes and dreams rolling back the gloom...