Raoul and Merriam lean back into the arc of their smooth black leather office chairs. The top floor of the…
It has always been an unspoken wish to have your hands locked in mine. I wanted them…
Raining again — thoughtsan illusion suffuse with fire.Dance with dukkha — disappear.Master mudita, lay upon me muse,may…
This is practical magic,a cure for the tragic.Make your chants and your rhymesand repeat them three times…
As I lay on the hospital bed, Jhumpa Lahiri’s words circled through my head, influencing my thoughts and actions but I couldn’t bring them to my tongue. I always thought I had an unflagging conscience, a profound sense of right conduct. I watched the trees bend under the…
By what command is it that Faith is a must?
Fireset
Before I was truly awake and functioning this morning, I found myself stepping from a boat into the ocean off the coast of Maui. Relatively…
Days pass trappedUnder thicker glassAir tightStifled curiosity fadingAway with ferocityAn endFuture dreams flickerWith every means…
Time to break the wall
Besieged, she sits, with a merciless crowdAmidst a bunch of quizzical eyesNone of which daunted…
I have met Legion!I pass him every day;Meet his multitude in the eye.I work beside him;Eat at his table.There is nowhere I can escape him!
