“Numerous ages, cultures, and religions
revere our planet’s sacred palm trees…”

“This picturesque Garden of Eden
Became a shelter from storms…”

“discovering your heart’s
secret wilderness…”

“When our worn-out bones dissolve
In life’s murky—accidental waters…”

“the leaves hold secrets
fixed in cracks beyond our time…”

“There is one place we go
Where time grows ever slow…”

“She is my beautiful tree
Home of emerald leaves…”

“Beginning in my timid youth
I crafted meticulous maps
with squiggly lines and words…”

“An ember glows brightest—
when it's almost gone…”

“When winter’s breath kisses a bubble
with its freezing lips of space and time…”

“weak tongues often sew disorder
effortlessly inflicting suffering…”

“We are swept away by a flood of trivialities
formulated in bloviating wars of culture
all designed to hide what truly matters—”

“Rivers relinquish power—

eroding into everlasting peace”

“My dreams drag shadows
gouging cold chasms—churning
with wild darkening…”

“time slowly erodes my rocky pathways

of life—hobbling me in narrow meanders

and endless excruciating switchbacks…”

“…I hold all truth to be self-evident

All people are created equal

They are endowed by their Creator…”

“…I rediscover nature’s place inside of me
rather than my place inside of nature”

“Be the clear voice and purest grace
of an effervescent—babbling brook…”

“Imagine a wilderness trail that intertwines its story with the calm and soothing babble of a river’s youthful legacy…”

“You're not my hometown, but—
there was a before—where we all lived together—”