Teach me to number my days God. Teach me howto put down a numeral,to place it in your hands. Not to measure it out,not to attempt to live to its extent.Its length and height,and stretch. Not to worry myself aboutthe filling. But help me to sit. To sit and count my fingers,slow,where they fall on … More A Poem: Counting

It’s given to me –all the seeds of possibility. My way, though it may appear steep,impeded, I see each rock as though placed,given its reason. And each valley,with its climb to the top, a route giving wayto a view – of mountains steep,rock scree, shrub and bush –a glimpse of sea. Everything, a path through,a … More A Poem: Pilgrimage

What if justice fell over,would grace take her place? How many causes do we back,how many bones pick bare. The grudges that we hold,and turn to every angle, if held against the light,what residue would we see  – but dry bones turned to dust. What if justice fell over,would there be less offence taken, given,less … More A Poem: Another Choice

Kindness allows youto be bigger than you are. Kindness means you can do those thingsthat seem too hard. Draw a wider circle –forgive. Do it for kindness,if not for yourself. And you might find kindnesshas done for you what nothing else could,to open the heart. Kindness, a circle as wide as the heartcan contemplate on … More A Poem: Big

We trust in time to heal all things.We trust in time, like a strand of hairthat was and isn’t and then regrows,to furnish us with everything needed. To hold, to birth, to witness,to watch the fading out to blue smoke,of all that we had thoughtof immense import. Yes, we trust in time to open, close.To … More A Poem: Time

To everything there is an antidote,and if not an antidote,a replacement,and if a not a replacement,something else. For everything lostthere is something other,something otherwiseto place inour rising hope. Even if just for the moment it takesto draw our breath,rise up from our tears,griefs, failings,whatever it is that has emptied the heart out. To open our … More A Poem: Something Else