1/20/2024

that empty feeling, multiplied by silence




The moon sets in west just after dawn
And a two-seedling fir takes root, is born
Just like that

I was born three thousand miles from this valley
But this is where I took root and came to life
Just like that

Sacramento Valley, mice and hawks
Land of burrowing owls

Defined by the river
A land defined by the water

The power of water, moving, rushing
The power of land, rich, giving

It is just after dawn
And moon has set in the west
The sun clears the pine tops

Clear, blue sky
A two-seedling fir takes root, born
And this is where I took root and came to life

Just like that
Just like that

James Lee Jobe 





The great blazing stars came out, the far receding hills got dim. I felt like an arrow that could shoot out all the way.

Jack Kerouac 


Muddy Waters - Mississippi Delta Blues



Sacramento Valley, dusk
Another sunset
Up and out from under the causeway
The bats take flight by the thousands
Higher, above, a red-tail hawk circles the floodplain
And in the town
The sounds of knives and forks against plates
Television sets light the windows
Define loneliness
That empty feeling, multiplied by silence
Your face in the mirror.
Sacramento Valley, dusk
Another sunset

James Lee Jobe 




You flicker. I cannot touch you. I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns.

Sylvia Plath






Coyote bones bleached white by the sun
Someone has ceased to live in the moment

James Lee Jobe 





If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

Meister Eckhart




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James Lee Jobe 

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