206: artist

artists are purposed to tell the stories that cause others to long for truth and hope. someone long ago said this dead now with this world ours to maintenance do we take up this sword hog bristles held high and tell the world such truths trusting the world still has...

205: keep going

So much to express; emotions overflowing and yet is this the place, the way, the venue? Probably not.I’ve kept this far from such things in the past…And yet if not where I am then where?It matters not what side you stand on on this tender line.It matters that you hold...

204: a better defined protest

this life offers so many ways in which to engage it took me a few minutes to choose that word engage because while we’ve had times which called us together in engagement we are not there now being engaged connection is currently almost passe do you too feel the...

203: so full of things

why must I make my head so full of things ancient minds men walk with knuckles to earth no thoughts of tomorrow’s report or lack of desire to finish painting no shame in neglection of tasks half finished or the dog a small smile and tail-wag-eager to walk...

202: elastic nature

as I write it is the peak of summer buds have become the multiflorous bows of branches and stems have overtaken the scent of sunshine and sand boxes wave pools and butterfly wings snowcones and lemonade with cubes of ice shadowed dirt paths through forests and high...