Fall time, fall years

Culmination of beauty

Wisdom

Perspective.

Immersed and surrounded

By a depth,

Only time can give.

Riches,

Only experience can gather.

Gratitude,

Only surrendering reveals.

The fine lines 

The atrophy

The forgetfulness,

Ceases to grip 

As anguish begins to melt.

What comes, will pass

What hurts, will fade

And peace is found,

As the cyclic natural of all

Comes to light.

And most of all,

A returning

To a consciousness.

Floating with a birds eye view

Disengagement from drama, trauma.

All that’s created here 

To be left here

Returning to a neutral purity.

As we came, shall we return.

No baggage,

But definitely not empty handed. 

As what was the purpose

Of this interlude

Between birth and death, 

‘Life’ as we call it, 

This opportunity, this experience.

To have take form of the ‘Source’.

And then to walk, to wander,

To wonder, to revel

In this creation 

Beyond comprehension. 

What minuscule chance 

We have to exist

Where galaxies and universes reign.

Yet here we are.

Be sure to query and question,

To spark your thirst 

To to find your why,

And finally ‘KNOW’ thyself.

As your ‘fall’ fades 

And the winter will ensue 

Be sure to have built 

The one relation standing firm to the end.

• IgnoranceSeptember 27, 2025

  

  Man’s greatest curse 

  Ignorance of who he is.

  So what are we!?

  We are dust that has come alive 

  Dust that is impregnated 

  By the ultimate 

  Giving movement, thought and spirit 

  Beyond imaginable incredibility.

  If for a moment we dare to appreciate 

  That we are drops of water, 

  Chemicals and their reactions,

  Unfathomable yet engineered 

  Into synchronicity and self regulation, 

  With nature’s bell curve 

  From infancy to geriatric demise, 

  Given the fortune of possibly seven decades or more.

  Where in this timeframe 

  Did we give credence

  To the liberty of life?

  Too busy distracted 

  With fear, greed, and a presumed freedom 

  When all along 

  The ultimate has been bestowed, 

  Day after day 

  Each a renewed opportunity 

  To participate, to glorify 

  Existance.

  For in a blink of an eye 

  And as your actual eyes close, 

  It will come to an end 

  And what will it have all meant? 

  Nothing!

  For it was only for you alone 

  To enjoy, to unfold, to acknowledge 

  This relationship 

  You, your existence, your sustainer.

  So don’t take lightly 

  Revel in your seasons,

  Reflect and learn your lessons 

  Grow and reach towards the light within.

  As only then 

  Will you beam and reflect

  A truth for yourself and your community 

  Both.

  Art by Catrin Welz-Stein

• SilenceAugust 24, 2025

  

  Poetry Pharmacy – Silence 

  “How still, how happy! Now I feel 

  Where silence dwells is sweeter far

  Than laughing mirth’s most joyous swell

  However pure its raptures are.”

  Emily Brontë 

  Ahhhh this place of silence 

  Awaiting my arrival day and night 

  No appointments, no reservations 

  No declines, no rescheduling.

  Premium seat guaranteed 

  Reception perfectly suited 

  To wash away the tarnishing mind

  Silence with peaceful hum of breath 

  Music with depth greater than the heart 

  This the purest of joys!

• Redo or not?!August 9, 2025

  

  The one thing I would redo…

  At 58 I sit and ponder

  What would I redo?

  Would I redo the daisy chains made on my middle school fields

  Would I redo the endless questions posed to my mother about the hows and what fors of nature

  Would I redo the cooking explosions making pasties and cakes in my besties’ mom’s kitchen

  Would I re do the pains of teen metamorphosis 

  Would I redo the fantasies of first love

  Would I redo the dreams of who I wanted to be

  Would I redo the endless tears struggling with health, the I’m not good enoughs 

  Would I redo the fears and doubts of immigrant life 

  Would I redo the losses of loved ones too dear to name

  NO!!!

  None would I redo 

  As they broke the mold

  They blazed a furnace 

  And created the me today

  With humility and gratitude

  A serene peace 

  A most thankful heart 

  I am here today 

  As the grace of life continues to be gifted

  With a knowing that prevails 

  All is just how it needs to be for me 

  Thankyou for all your lovely birthday wishes this 2025!

• AnniversariesMay 18, 2025

  

  Dates that come around

  Reminding of happy times,

  Times we commemorate 

  Births, milestones

  Achievements

  And then there is death.

  The time span of existance 

  This we have made the measure of life,

  A beginning and an end.

  But the mess in the middle 

  The delicious filling 

  Between two slices of bread,

  Of what endless choices we have 

  What pleasure it brings,

  What surprises we have.

  So this day, today

  I celebrate not commiserate,

  The life of a man, the life of my Dad.

  If he taught one thing,

  It was to get up and go

  For there was always much to be done

  Always much to be had.

  So in his memory

  Sisters let wake. 

  Let’s get up and go

  Go in life, with his push forever behind us

  But on our path, of our making.

  For finding our zest and zeal 

  Lies not with and through those we have and those we’ve lost 

  But deep within ourselves

  As we make the choices, 

  To grow and connect 

  With the source 

  That cannot leave,

  Will not abandon

  Is always waiting

  To catch,

  To promote

  To praise

  With each little gifted

  Moment,

  Breath

  Presence.

• Mat-EternityMay 11, 2025

  

  Beyond the nursing

  Diaper changing

  Feeding, bathing

  The endless list of verb-ing

  A mother subliminally shares

  The deepest bond 

  Where emotions are perceived 

  Dreams, aspirations are known

  Fears and regrets are soothed

  She is a super hero

  Magical strength

  Far reaching vision

  Always recognizing 

  All you need

  All she can do 

  And to do it 

  With an unshakable love.

  How does the saying go?

  Mothers are angels

  Without wings 

  Sent by God

  How fortunate 

  That each and everyone of us 

  Is-was blessed

  Not without but with our very own angel.

  And even when

  No longer Earthly

  She stays close to our heart

  Whispering day and night

  Sweetness second to none

  Encouragement and praise showered as

  Only a mother can and will.

  So hold your child

  Cherish your mother 

  As everyday’s a gift 

  And take not for granted 

  To mother or be mothered.

• Ignorance
• Silence
• Redo or not?!
• Anniversaries
• Mat-Eternity