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heavy
Karuna
The time I thought I could not go any closer to grief without dying I went closer and I did not die. Surely God had His hand in this, as well as friends, Still,... More »
where tigers belch + monkeys howl
Karuna
B e n e d i c t o : May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your rivers flow without end, meandering... More »
let it cut
Karuna
Don't Surrender Your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut more Deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even Divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes... More »
the cove
Karuna
Something was out there on the lake, just barely visible in the dark. I knelt and stared, trying to make it out, trying to mark its position relative to mine, and the picturesque willow, the... More »
where the sidewalk ends
Karuna
There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his... More »
too alone
Karuna
I am too alone in the world, and not alone enough to make every minute holy. I am too tiny in this world, and not tiny enough just to lie before you like a thing,... More »
a ritual to read to each other
Karuna
If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and following the wrong god... More »
i want
Karuna
I want both of us To start talking about this great love As if you, I, and the Sun were all married And living in a tiny room, Helping each other to cook, Do the... More »
bukowski's cat
Karuna
he came to the door one night wet thin beaten and terrorized a white cross-eyed tailless cat I took him in and fed him and he stayed grew to trust me until a friend drove... More »
nothing
Karuna
i have phrases and whole pages memorized, but nothing can be told of love. you must wait until you and i are living together. in the conversation we'll have then... be patient... then... - rumi
poetry
October 2007 