Eye of the Mountain

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Writing on the inner life.

Essays, memoir, and poetry on attention, grief, belonging, and what it means to live awake.

An open journal facing the rising sun in a mountain landscape

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Form

All 132 Poetry 70Essay 31Memoir 21Collection 10

Theme

Transformation 50Embodiment 48Attention 39Trauma 35Aliveness 30Creativity 29Relationships 26Family 24Grief 12Identity 11Spirituality 10Belonging 9Nature 5Culture 5

Series

Chakra Map 7The Arc of Becoming 5Shock Collar 3Lotus Eaters 3Developmental Order 3Shaping Water 3

Form · Poetry

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Poetry1 min readDecember 20, 2025

Baseline Human

Not Enlightened, Just Healed

alivenessembodimentrelationships
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Poetry1 min readDecember 17, 2025

Erotic Charge

Contained Fire

alivenessattention
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Poetry1 min readDecember 10, 2025

Stuck in an Inhale

Of a Former Identity

identityembodimentfamily
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Poetry1 min readDecember 3, 2025

Precious

Holding Gently

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Poetry1 min readNovember 27, 2025

Tip of the Spear

A Pyramid in Time

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Poetry1 min readNovember 24, 2025

Adolescence, the Test of Love

Breaking the Bond - part 1

relationshipsfamilycreativity
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Poetry1 min readNovember 5, 2025

Fragile Shoots

Don't stomp

alivenessidentityembodiment
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Poetry1 min readNovember 3, 2025

Venomous Voice

Its echo and the echo of the echo

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Poetry1 min readNovember 1, 2025

Porous

And ever changing

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Poetry1 min readOctober 30, 2025

Faking of the Faking

Of the Faking

identitygriefrelationships
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Poetry2 min readOctober 24, 2025

Dating Profiles

Not Real People

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Poetry1 min readOctober 16, 2025

Facing the Void

Give Me My Wings

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