Tag Archives: destiny

The Same Breath

Posted on June 27, 2024 by JRL

So many choices in a moment’s tiny span; is it destiny? No matter your direction, the path will stay beneath you. The door is open. You stand at a great threshold; which way do you move? There is just air … Continue reading →

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New Directive: glosa, glose, gloss

Posted on March 24, 2017 by John

Back out of all this now too much for us, Back in a time made simple by the loss Of detail, burned, dissolved, and broken off Like graveyard marble sculpture in the weather – Robert Frost Back out? How far? … Continue reading →

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Ode to Joy

Posted on January 4, 2017 by John

Joy doesn’t “find” you; good fortune won’t light like bluebirds of happiness on your slumped shoulders. Joy doesn’t come up like flowers in a garden, some sudden epiphany before your eyes. Joy doesn’t “find” you; it happens, on purpose, the … Continue reading →

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Just Yesterday’s News

Posted on December 22, 2013 by John

I don’t know the man that I’m supposed to be: I’ve looked at his life like a documentary; and with some of his choices I just can’t agree; but it’s too late to start out again. I’m tired of the … Continue reading →

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Journey’s End

Posted on April 21, 2013 by John

Every journey starts out simply, with a single thought: where am I, where have I been, and is it where I ought to imagine is my place, my center in this life, or is there more to me than this, … Continue reading →

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Let go, let go, let go

Posted on April 19, 2013 by John

Cast away your doubts and fears; let go, let go, let go. Leave behind all that you know; let go, let go, let go. Nothing left to tie you down, nothing blocking out your sound, nothing keeping you around; let … Continue reading →

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The Speed of Now

Posted on April 16, 2013 by John

What use is feeling sorry for what might have never been, some chimera of fantasy that if it had appeared might easily have torn to shreds the life it would improve, inspired to burn too brightly, leaving nothing in its … Continue reading →

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