Sophia

coral reef

this is hardly the time for feelings. find your own by diving deep into the coral reef, where you will be met by all sort of strange types. Perhaps there, along with colors and textures and shapes you see only on screens, you will find that complex thing called emotion, and you will pull itContinue reading “coral reef”

A Simple Life

“Welcome to heaven” the trees seem to whisper as she plods along, oxfords crunching the cornflaked earth and wind rustling her heavy curls. As nears the bench and looks out over the wide and wandering trees and meadows, her heart dies and goes to heaven, for she knows she is alone and this whole placeContinue reading “A Simple Life”

Goldfinches & Glory

Deliver me from the hopelessness of uncertainty; from the outcry of fear against my weary soul.Deliver me from the grasping of wind; from the vain running after of rain.It falls and I grasp, but find it slipping, slipping, slipping. Deliver me from quick anger, hardened envy and wild bitterness that grows little nettles and thorns,Continue reading “Goldfinches & Glory”

A King & A Serpent

She listens. Quietly, carefully. O Mio Babbino Caro plays softly; the deep, melodic notes carry a strength of soul that touches her heart and her head and whispers quietly, carry on, friend, carry on. Outside it rains. Hundreds of miles away, fires crackle and smoke rises higher and higher above what was once green forestContinue reading “A King & A Serpent”

Through no Mastery of Myself

buried under the voluminous gray skies, the quiet spirit of autumn lingers heavily;it has come like a sudden shadow, opening up a new world and silencing the last echoes of summer; winsome hopefulness soars on the tail of the wind and flies along with the black and gray feathers of the chickadees. with it, theContinue reading “Through no Mastery of Myself”

What a life. What a lady.

I had three months with her. Not just once-a-month worth of three months, but once-a-week’s worth of three months. I watched her live and I watched her die. I watched her sitting up on her little couch, watching tv and talking with me and I watched her laying down, breathing heavy and hard, eyes closedContinue reading “What a life. What a lady.”

Even so, It is Well

There are days that feel like years and moments that feel like whispers of time. There are weeks that seem to wade out into oblivion and seconds that fly by with the speed of sound. There are moments that I feel more and more like the weakest of John Bunyan’s characters who jumped at theContinue reading “Even so, It is Well”

The In-Between Place

I am in between the places of unknown and unchartedthe wild, wilderness land where the wind calls loudly the place where jackals run and the morning sun rises high and heavy to my right is the great and open desertto my left is the saltwater ocean and there is no middle groundat night the desert ghosts slideContinue reading “The In-Between Place”

Wishful Summertime

Rain falls like blueberries on hot oatmeal, leaving small wet slaps on the sidewalk and black tar. Far away, over the brick houses and glistening emerald trees, a quiet rainbow rises, spreads its color and then fades back into oblivion. Summer is here in all of her shining glory, and we sit and watch herContinue reading “Wishful Summertime”

Blind Men & Wayward Children

It’s quiet outside now. She lets down the black shades and twists them shut, but keeps the window cracked open so she can hear. She flicks on the light above the stove, and starts cooking. First, it’s beef chili, with lots of cumin. While she’s cooking the meat and onions, she starts a pot ofContinue reading “Blind Men & Wayward Children”