Last year I gave myself a quiet resolution to speak affirmations more. In my work through the years I have observed and noticed a lot of individuals growing into amazing people and do some amazing things. Sadly, I often have held onto those noticings under my own self-talk of “they don’t want a creeper”, “I…
Second Sight
Sometimes, you need the ocean light, and colors you’ve never seen before painted through an evening sky. Sometimes you need your God to be a simple invitation, not a telling word of wisdom. Sometimes you need only the first shyness that comes from being shown things far beyond your understanding, so that you can fly…
Judgement Day
They put ma body in the ground, Ma soul went flyin’ o’ the town, Went flyin’ to the stars an’ moon A-shoutin’, God, I’s comin’ soon. O Jesus! Lord in heaven, Crown on His head, Says don’t be afraid Cause you ain’t dead. Kind Jesus! An’ now I’m settin’ clean an’ bright In the sweet…
Peace Prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring love. Where there is offense, let me bring pardon. Where there is discord, let me bring union. Where there is error, let me bring truth. Where there is doubt, let me bring faith. Where there is despair, let me bring…
Convent
Tell me, Is there peace Behind your high stone walls- Peace Where no worldly duty calls- Or does some strange Insistence beckon With a challenge That appalls? Convent, Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, page 203
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in…
