Well, dear friends,
the captain's now a gardener
who watches carefully
the weeds of his words
and all the little whispers,
while the others do their work
without interference.
There's no more war [[here]],
just the [[joy]] of asking
the weather what [[will]] be best
to grow next season
as we sit for a while
in a winter afternoon,
wandering back to the old [[song]]
I sang you as we swam
our horses across the Mzintlava,
in [[love]] for a [[moment]]
and forever.
Three joint stages of breaking blue on the ride back in to shore and, in this forever [[moment]] : no more me. Just [[light]] and…
I press the pattern to my nose, threadbare and walked over by generations of my people, their footprints still [[here]] beneath the [[blue…
"The decree is for the truth to [[be]] experienced by all humankind, if [[not]] in this [[life]] , then after [[death]] ." - Shaykh…
To [[night]] , the waning moon rose into a [[light]] ning storm, rolling thunder over a [[white]] [[water]] road: these few words my…
I was blinded by the [[light]] and I laughed my head off, caught by the [[perfect]] wave and carried in such a way that the [[water…
Coastal Plain "When your work is done, turn to devotion, And turn to your Lord for everything." 94:7-8 Here is my gratitude for being…
"The importance of the moment is most important in the moment." - Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri It's still [[here]] , a glossy [[sea]] like…
Two trees guard either end of the path: massive milkwoods who greet me every morning on my way [[through]] the forest, singing salaam…
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