Only So Much

I can only reach so high.
I can only run so far.
I can lift only so much.
I can only do so much.
I can only live so long.
I can only use the words I know.

No higher, no farther, no more, no longer...

I can only love so much,
But it is with all my heart,
I love you.

Remembering

remembering
what I cannot
even imagine
deep time
an alien earth
our ancient mother
remembering
that we pass it on
to our children's
children's
sons and daughters.

Sometimes the Simplest Things

Sometimes
the simplest things
give me pause,
like bringing water,
electricity,
and fire
into our houses...

and letting me
use them all...

The forecast was rain...

they got the 1 to 2 inches right...


Out of thin air,
I pull my thoughts together,
waking from a dream
to find the earth around me
cloaked in white again.
Patience, patience wears thin,
but I know the sun
will do what the sun will do,
and all this snow
will melt away.

And, my love,
my heart and soul
drifts back to you,
I marvel how delicately
you pull me back to you.
Perhaps a gravitational force,
perhaps a light and warmth
greater than the sun,
this grey morning,
you shine.

Hope Is A Green Thing

Every gardener knows
that in February,
the longest month of winter,
that hope is a green thing
that appears in the brown litter.
Spring reveals itself
in the remains of autumn.
Everything is dead,
and then there it is,
that green thing that is hope.

What is Right?

What is right?  I asked myself this question three times today.  I don't know.  But, I believe in these four principles: 1. The Right should be naturally evident, and not some arbitrary requirement imposed to test me.  2. I am the Authority for what is right for me; and I will surrender my authority and sovereignty to God (and Jean, my wife) and no one else.  3. I will use apparent and possible consequences to decide what is right for me.  4. I will change my mind as new evidence prompts me.

Who decides what is right?  I do...

Each of us do.

Waiting