Goleta Beach in the summer of 2006... Divided by the horizon, only not so divided, where blue of water meets blue of sky – limitless. A California beach meditation on boundaries and infinity.
Poetry & Reflections
Day 19: Premonition – Death Climbing the Spiral Stair
Premonition climbs the spiraling stair, she passes me on my way down... I know my death will follow when she passes me the next time. A haunting poem using visual effects to create a spiraling staircase of doom.
Day 18: The Night Remembers – A Song for the Sleepless
They said that I deserved a man who wouldn't make me cry, but I cry more in the absence of you... The night remembers everything that I spend my days forgetting. A song-poem about missing someone who was bad for you.
Day 17: A Different Kind of Fairy Tale – When God Calls Rapunzel
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair to me... 'Twas worse than a witch who put you here, your own sin the demon, the condemner. A spiritual retelling where God pursues the trapped princess.
Day 16: Decidedly Pensive Beneath Red Chenille – A Toxic Love’s Blanket
Your place is dirty but wise... And you'll make me forget what hasn't happened yet. Crimson chenille covering wounds and truth—a poem about toxic relationships and the comfort that conceals.
Day 15: Mosaic de La Mona – Sea Glass and Second Chances
Collecting sea glass from Lala Beach... Broken pieces of shattered vessels smoothed by a journey after death... Canal de La Mona, take all my shattered pieces... Broken pieces become a masterpiece.
Day 14: Dáme Puerto Rico – A Bilingual Love Letter
Llévame to the narrow, blue-grey cobblestone streets... Dáme una vida in Puerto Rico, No va de prisa, every inch paraíso. Hazme tropical – messy, free, and alive, beating to the rhythm of a bomba barrel.
Day 13: Where Autumn Meets the Road – A Jeep Ride That Changed Everything
In that jeep with the windows gone and the wind that whips on through... he reached his hand across to change gears and wound up changing me. Bob Seger on the radio, capturing a perfect moment before summer ends.
Day 12: The Light on This Corner – Rush Hour Revelations
People scurrying and hurrying on two feet or two wheels or four wheels... All headed off to somewhere, no doubt, all busy and rushing... Time is a creation of many a man. An intersection meditation on human rushing.
Day 11: For Zachary – When Young Men Die Too Soon
And when the song is done, we drown ourselves in scriptures of promise... He may be dancing now, but whom will she dance with? And I take the batteries out of my watch. A funeral poem questioning time and God's faithfulness.
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