Tag Archives: devotion

Room Service

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

Love, in its ripest season and deepest proof, does not steal or seize your breath, but rather brings more oxygen and room in which to breathe. Advertisements

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Doll

Posted on March 4, 2018 by

She keeps strict vigil over Childhood in action, every fragrance and nuance, every lost tooth and blown-out birthday candle, every romp in the grass and Goliath slain, she keeps conscious watch, so later, when the box and the dark come … Continue reading →

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Scripture

Posted on February 19, 2018 by

To be swallowed, wordless, as the worst you always feared turns lighted proof into lasting scripture.

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Anya at Night

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

   Late summer.    Anya and I are on a walking tour of the park at night. The 40oz. bottles of Olde-E we are carrying are concealed inside brown bags. We detour at the playground, where Anya plants herself on … Continue reading →

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Unlearned

Posted on January 18, 2018 by

We are God’s longing to know herself on intimate, unfettered terms, human to the radiant touch and tenderest basking, infinitely unlearned.  

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Silent Night

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

The ongoing rabble and cinematic narrative in my mind is finding how nourishing and full and tender the heart can grow steeped in silence alone.  

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Unreaching Anya

Posted on January 7, 2018 by

Anya I long to reach you only because I know that you are unreachable. It keeps my longing in a chrysalis state, a cocoon state. Nothing ever grows, it simply hums and palpitates and aspires toward growth. It is the … Continue reading →

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Quest

Posted on January 3, 2018 by

One thing we cannot recover is time. And perhaps every writer, as a fugitive stalker, as a fool-hero on a desperate quest, sets himself this glorious, impossible task, the solvent recovery of time through the mortal fetters of a merciful … Continue reading →

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Savor

Posted on January 2, 2018 by

I was young, fevered and full of hope. My heart, green in its country, desired to push lightning through blooms, to cherish brightly in a thousand different directions at once. It was and always has been about rounding dreams from … Continue reading →

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Ink

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

Devotion, the day you ink small miracles in a palm not your own.

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