confronting nemesis

today

i met again my dead father
the skin-walker
he who stole the shell of an other
he who in the only way he knows
calls out to me for

forgiveness

absolution

love

so that he might finally rest
in blessed peace

i have never wished for him to find peace
i have never wished to set him free
i have needed him to suffer
i have needed him to pay

i did not understand his pleas for resolution
for what they were
i did not want to know

today i do know

by god's grace
i hear the truth
resonating
from deep
within my being

the peace i seek
may only come about
through granting
this long-suffering soul

forgiveness

absolution

love

blessed peace
for each of us
must then surely follow

amen








more to come....

tongue in cheek

tonight

i was visited by a living saint
he was very succinct with his intentions

thank you god
for this miracle

he offered up precious wisdom
from his holiest of divine texts
i did not even have to ask

how thoughtful
how kind and benevolent

i am still amazed that he could read my mind
and predict my words
before even i knew what i would say

amazing

a miracle

thank you god

i am so grateful for this visitation

all i have to do is stop, look and listen
these angels are here all about me
to remind me of how to proceed

he must be an anointed one
he certainly behaves as such

i am so moved
that my tongue
has become firmly planted
in my cheek

beginning of the end

time
thought not real
is getting shorter

this yearning
though not real
grows deeper
and more urgent

more to come....