What Crosses My Mind

  • Humility on a mountaintop

    I sat on this peak the other day after a healthy climb of just over a few miles. What you see is quite a satisfying result of the hike. I sat looking over the horizon for about 30 minutes before returning from where I started. I had done this hike several times over the years,…

  • Look Closely If You Can

    At a quick glance we might call sweet shelter the homes hold hope and prayer and a safety for everyone inside, security the temps suggest a different manner.   Across the city another enclave of soul seeker human condition airs indifference as a blizzard ensnares their grip on surviving a city cave.   Two worlds…

  • Winter In Minnesota

    Something refreshing a pristine winter. fresh sunlit  snow touch silent runner’s eye layered across a landscape painted sky, we might let troubles risen disappear   if in this moment, trees become statues dignified pose, a carnival in ice. shaded sphere of heat will nearby suffice light up a runner’s path – dawn guided views  …

  • Lines

    Glance across great body of water, See a family of fowl travel near Look to notice crystal waves appear The magic of earth is all the matter   Birds sing in the hidden pine of morning A quiet reminder that love is in the air, Symbolic in its historic grasp of where Our lives begin…

  • Whisper My Name

    To be heard By her magic symphony I am the audience She the mystery   Oh, to know the many Value of this body of mystique The waves lapping shoreline Only to be heard.   I wonder the soul She keeps in quiet harmony, The many lives, the sea men Leaving wives and children home…

  • The Water’s Edge

    I’ve often stood here, Seeing the glass, Mystique Is nature’s remedy   A soft whispering cacophony Waves sing forever, In the trees they are listening, Chanting, Living in sweet serenity   Oh to know the mystery What lies ahead Is in the arms of a cradled soul So distant yet near We are all inside…

  • Yesterday (Today)

    I began my day hiding Typical drill Waiting for nothing to change Unusual peace Just out of reach Every day my mind Would react to a world Out of sync With my reality – We were wistful In our love We would whistle Lovely whispers We will win Private hugs – Today – I stood…