There is a need I see and hurry to respond to before calamity mounts and doubles the work. You are driven by forces different than mine and your gaze dismisses the need I see. Your eyes focus instead on another sight which my eyes fail to see; completely outside my frame of reference. How is…

I ask, Where did you find your courage? On what tree was it hanging that you could reach up and pluck it from its hiding place to wear as epaulettes on your shoulders? The children whisper during the night, saying their Aves to each other, hoping they will grow into courage with a red badge…

When you have swum the rapids and come to shore, stood on the sand and found yourself upright . . . what more can there be? Perhaps,  only to sing an aria from a heart overwhelmed by a love researching his own heart. . . only to find newborns who are the best of blends…

If it seems all is lost, think back, when love was hatched and gave birth. . . . . to dreams of wonder and of light to make bright the darkest corner and gave us fine sons and daughters we loved into Being. We sought for dreams to outlet talents hidden between fields of mind.…