Anyone else thinking about death lately? Self-isolated, socially distanced reflection and introspection. It can be a bit gloomy at times. Just when you see a glimmer of light in the Covid-19 storm, along comes an intensely tragic flareup of racial tensions that is reverberating around the world. It is hard to find the glimmers of…
Category: Poetry
The Tiny Pilgrimage. A Poem About Seeking Inner Peace Close to Home.
I went on a pilgrimage Not to Mecca, or the Wailing Wall Not to Graceland, or the tombs of other saints This was a tiny pilgrimage I stood by the ruins of our old family home Kicking rocks into the burnt out basement Letting the ghosts swirl So young and sure of themselves Yet clueless…