– For Joe José Raúl V I rechristened myself. A name I failed to use, known only by one man: tall with a large unbroken heart, deep sonorous voice, a new third passport, a can’t-find-his-home wanderer, he comes and goes, visits familia, returns to his rechristened country, explores. He uses all his names. He uses […]
Archive for the ‘Acceptance’ Category
Sunflower Marisol Sunflower
Posted in Acceptance, Andalucía, Identity, Isolation/Belonging, Spain, Sunflowers on May 17, 2023 | 1 Comment »
Déjalo ir / Letting go
Posted in Acceptance, Dance, Renewal/rebirth, Surrender, Transformation on May 25, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Déjalo ir – Para Leona, con sus colores vibrantes en su interior. Gracias por recordármelo. ¿Cuántas veces me ha sido invitado?
Gold Dust
Posted in Aging, Dance, Intimacy, Mining, Silver, Surrender on May 17, 2022 | 2 Comments »
Inured to the fine veins of your being, I am crisscrossed by brutish passageways
Pandemic times
Posted in COVID-19, Surrender on January 15, 2022 | 6 Comments »
We will never recover the time Inside as spring bloomed, fall blazed Roots have grown white, untended Out of arm’s reach, winter even colder.
Palpable
Posted in Longing, Solitude, Surrender on September 18, 2021 | 4 Comments »
Three fingers on my right wrist, you listen to the rhythm of my blood river, its constant flow no one else hears. If you placed your fingertips to my forehead, would you feel my shame? Would your palm over my heart read my longing? Could your hand on my left hip, fingers pressing deeply into […]