Opening the heart often takes a crowbar.
But, it’s much easier to open one that has a scar from top to bottom.
Mentality shape shifts your life into a child.
Penetrating words draw blood out of psychic wounds.
No sentimentality allowed,
only hard difficult weights lifted off your back.
Gentle reminders not to attack.
The click of the clock and the session ends.
Only to be reminded its only begun.
May 9, 2026
The walk today was ordinary. The old dog was rather slow. A visit to church was necessary. Dinner with my wife and a garden plow. Gathering sticks for a fire, kindled thoughts of generosity....
April 23, 2026
When all is said and done, loneliness enters my being. Looking for murky fun, uncovering the part that dreads the bright sun. A shallow dark hole sinks into my beating heart and divides my soul. ...
Upon a recent visit to the city
March 26, 2026
Subterranean travelers move about the city contained in self protected oblivion. The streets plowed full of snow splattered in frozen guise among high minded skyscrapers. Pasta and wine delight...