“If not for the tenderness, we might misconstrue our personal context as elements of our sacred humanity to fix rather than elements of our sacred humanity to learn from, journey with, and understand devotion to the art that is love.”

“I do not hold my breath waiting for the bell. I close my eyes and let the night be night and the smell be smell, and I practice the plain grace of staying.”

“I wanted her / to step away from the pond. / Less Narcissus,

more nurturer.”