On this page are some of my own words, inspired by life, created to inspire life.
Here, you’ll find writing through the below portals of discovery, all soulful, some more spiritual, some experimetnal, some embodied.
Please enjoy.
Three poems on mindfulness
“I sit, with unlevel hips, relaxed into a tender, a home, a shanti, an om; / my tongue tart with the bitter after of dark chocolate.”
The anatomy of a hug
“To love is to live like nothing’s ever happened, / yet everything's occurred; / to live like we've forgotten lifetimes / in this lifetime, and our hearts beat in sync, / giving us more to love. / More time to make love.”
The Origin of Now
“So maybe I am selfish for evolving / past outdated and stricken concepts of we and evolving / to recognize the strength that it takes to be constantly evolving.”
To the men who taught me how to cook
“I’m telling you because / you showed me how to stay alive.”
Poetry in the pain
“Poetry is the multiorgasmic / experience of life, devoid of trying. / It is to sense the rising tide, heart full / with anticipation and mirth and abandonment. / And wild abandon. For nothing can stop the flow.”
There is always a reverberation
“Where in this life can I sink into the / melting of my hips?”
"Tell me a story about anxiety."
“There, too, my anxiety felt at home. My fast-moving legs through Grand Bazaar, overstimulated by sounds and senses and smells on my way to sip the black tea that would be absorbed by the creamy crunch of Künefe between my four front teeth.”
La levedad del ser
“Our friend, the moon / Dances with us / Challenging the dense viscosity of our spirits / To loosen, lengthen, flow / Flow is life.”
Heat-filled Night
“Oh sweet surrender… / Drops of your love stain / my lips like raspberry sorbet.”
What a pleasure
“What a pleasure to transcend the ego, even if only for a bit. / To revel in the pure consciousness of my being; / to explore life in this body / to explore what it means to love in this body…”