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Writing on the inner life.

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

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Poetry2 min readDecember 28, 2025

Just Everything

Belonging or Extinction

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Collection5 min readThe Arc of Becoming · 2December 26, 2025

Continue Here - The Arc of Becoming

Chapter 2 - The Role of a Father

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Poetry1 min readDecember 20, 2025

Baseline Human

Not Enlightened, Just Healed

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Poetry1 min readDecember 17, 2025

Erotic Charge

Contained Fire

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Memoir2 min readDecember 12, 2025

Rock Bottom Has a Key Hole

And Your Body is the Key

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Poetry1 min readDecember 10, 2025

Stuck in an Inhale

Of a Former Identity

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Memoir2 min readDecember 5, 2025

Shedding Skin

No need to to cut it,when it’s ready,it tears on its own.And it’s still nauseatingand disorienting every time,after so many before.

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Poetry1 min readDecember 3, 2025

Precious

Holding Gently

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Essay4 min readNovember 30, 2025

How to Do 100 Years of Transformational Healing in One Year

20 Simple Steps

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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

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Essay8 min readNovember 8, 2025

The Role of a Mother

Staying with pain

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