“Years ago, / younger selves, / sensing loss, / wanted

simple clues / reminding us / which way / home.”

“some people do not deserve / to have their tears ripple / upon the ocean I will become, / when they refused to pour / into the wells I left behind.”

“It is not that I solely carry the survival and experiences of those who have come before me, but that my own survival and experiences are being woven into the tapestry of my lineage, as I am breathing and being. The journey between my birth and death marks what will become my evocation.”

“And if music is inherent to our being, and we are being advised to take the music seriously, take the inner song seriously, take life’s melody seriously, aren’t we being reminded that Spirit is inherent to our being? And to take Spirit seriously?”