On awakening today I noticed the world was just slightly off
As if everything was on tilt
I felt odd and uncomfortable and clumsy
The world was just slightly off
As if everyone was on a designer drug
Except for me
They seemed to talk in riddles and rymes
The world is just slightly off
As if nobody understood me
They just didn’t get it
I was alone with my thoughts of abandonment
The world is ...
I awakened at four
On the water by daybreak
The work is hard and wet
The time has come to rest my weary bones
But what do I do when this story ends
Time and idle hands may be the death of me
The yields have diminished
And my crew is but me
And as I pondered what came next
I do what I do daily
And seek refuge from my busy mind
At a tavern on the water
As I hoist my aging body from the boat
I...
My mind is slowing from coming and going
As far away as I can see it’s just the ocean laughing gulls and me
A deep sense of calm followed as well
As I unpacked a blanket a book and a bell
This ritual of drumming singing and dance
Soon I felt the music in my body I’ve entered a trance
Swaying and moving my body is free
And here on the beach I can totally be me
I’m flawed I’m damaged and worn ...
Pandemic brought us together
We yearned for companionship
We walked we talked
And then it happened
One spoke of dissent
Then one became two
Loud and proud of their opinions
Then it happened
A slow realization
The values they expounded
We’re divisive and conspiratorial
And then it happened
A slow burn inside of me
Why did I continue to show up
What were these women contributing to me
...