War in the East, Corruption in the West: Both are Spiritual

Shakespeare knew: “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” The bible is more precise: “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the …

we have a future

Many times they called us goneEmpty streetsJobs and laughter, song -Gone.But from the quiet rose a soundat first a whisperthen resounding with a hundred-thousandlost-get-found: It is finished.We know where we belong. Bells and frozen palaces are shakenOne brave prayer and then anotherrestoring what was takenYoung and old andmiddlersTake their standThey breatheTaking faith, promise, andeach other …

a strange sound

My feet drawn down the vacant roadMore wide and grey than everLate winter sun attempts to warm the dirty icebut can’tand storm-ripe air is giving way to northern might.I hunch my shoulderspass the few who break the moldwho brave the virus and the cold: The homelessThe dog walkersThe old. I’m not going anywhere,my feet point …