the patient fly

Photos (not the video) are my own.

A friend in need.

A fly has come to mourn my son with me,

so quietly he has landed on the table

where I sit alone through the long afternoon.

How respectful and patient he is,

quietly waiting there while I weep.

james lee jobe

When hardships come into your life it breaks you for a while, but when it is done with you evolve into a new person.

Madalsa Sharma

Rhapsody on a Windy Night, a poem by TS Eliot (link)

A lovely day in spring.

A Cuban torch song from the 1950s plays in the background,

a little too loudly. Perhaps the song is actually in the foreground.

It is a beautiful spring day, but I cannot bring myself to go outside. 

My son has been dead for one month, and his ashes wait

in a little box on the table beside the hallway to his old room.

When I walk past, I never fail to touch this box very lightly. 

My, how long the days have become. How very slow. 

james lee jobe 

Give us wisdom as we reflect on our truths and our true intentions. Give us strength as we examine our lives with honesty and with hope. Give us courage as we dare to dream.

Unknown

Elastic Love Contrapuntal, a poem by Sarah Cooper (link)

Big Mama Thornton, Hound Dog Blues

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now. 

Thich Nhat Hanh

I won’t come

I won’t come

I won’t go

I won’t live

I won’t die

I’ll keep uttering

The name

And lose myself

In it

I’m bowl

And I’m platter

I’m man

And I’m woman

I’m grapefruit

And I’m sweet lime

I’m Hindu

And I’m Muslim

I’m fish

And I’m net

I’m fisherman

And I’m time

I’m nothing

Says Kabir

I’m not among the living

Or the dead

Kabir, 1398-1518 CE 

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