Another Year

"Be the change you want to see in the world." - Mohandas Gandhi

"Belief without action is the ruin of the soul." - Edward Abbey

I have a some resolutions on my mind. I have a few new goals that I've set before me. I used to be resolute and sure. Now I'm not sure if I am resolute.

There is only one way to find out.

Here's to the New Year and my new determination!!

winter

winter is closer

it is the lack in my breath

all things that I tried to define

are lost in grey, the fog

because I am jumping now

into a

because I cannot define this

any longer

any longer and I

would simply become

a

and that's now who I am.

So for the both of us,

all my love.

And thank you.

Fear Less

I thought I was fearless.

But now sounds in the night make me jump.

The words "ground fall" and "decking" make my skin crawl.

Either I am getting older

or I am losing track of who I am.

Who's keeping track, anyway?

My Mountain

Halo around a naked pine

As I am surrounded,

Just as bare,

By musings: No end.

No beginning.

I want to sit here

And fall with the ice

As it trembles tumbles down the side

Of this mountain.

Now that I am here

I can see from the Salton's blue to

The cool of Idyllwild

To the islands of the Pacific.

All of my homes can be seen from here.

All of my childhood dreams can be

Remembered from here.

I've always looked to this point

From all those valleys below.

Now that I am here

I have a deeper understanding

[Appreciation

Admiration

Awe]

Of why I found strength

In this mountain.