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Getting to the basics. Being what I am Simplifying the Journey doesn’t make it easier. Before Winter By Eugene Marckx Just to go there and breathe that airand see that river silver through the valleyuntil I’m within reach of that peace againwith those people along those roads Just to help cut hay into long windrowsand…

What part of me do I own? What part of me would I disown? Is it possible to Disown parts of myself in a healthy way? Elie Wiesel The Perils of Indifference https://youtu.be/JpXmRiGst4k?si=S4_MAo3Im0GXDdjh delivered 12 April 1999, White House, Washington, D.C. Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton, members of Congress, Ambassador Holbrooke, Excellencies, friends: Fifty-four years ago to…

You know you want to ... but can you?You say you will ... but you don’tor you try and try ... then walk awayand tell yourself tomorrow – tomorrow’s the day  But your clock is moving backwardOn its own tomorrow doesn’t comeand those scenes mulling in you on a slow boil– their voices pleading –…

The Useless Parts  You know you want to ... but can you?You say you will ... but you don’tor you try and try ... then walk awayand tell yourself tomorrow – tomorrow’s the day  But your clock is moving backwardOn its own tomorrow doesn’t comeand those scenes mulling in you on a slow boil– their…

What depletes me? How do I avoid burnout? How do I recharge? Song of the Shattering Vessels by Peter Cole Either the world is coming togetheror else the world is falling apart—          here—now—along these letters,          against the walls of every heart. Today, tomorrow, within its weather,the end or beginning’s about to start—          the world impossibly coming together          or very possibly…

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Will you tell me the truth? Will I really listen? What do I need to put aside to really hear you? Food of Love by Carolyn Kizer Eating is touch carried to the bitter end.SAMUEL BUTLER II I’m going to murder you with love;I’m going to suffocate you with embraces;I’m going to hug you, bone…

Dad where have you gone?Did you leap quicksilver into the last runof legendary kings – those eighty-pound June Hogs –that bashed themselves against the wallsof the Grand Coulee Dam?Or are you too smart for the trap of extinctionstill holding in the shadows of that damin the back of my mind – thinkingbut not showing much?…

Deep Sea Salmon Dad where have you gone?Did you leap quicksilver into the last runof legendary kings – those eighty-pound June Hogs –that bashed themselves against the wallsof the Grand Coulee Dam?Or are you too smart for the trap of extinctionstill holding in the shadows of that damin the back of my mind – thinkingbut…