Red Wolf Journal (Online) September 2021
Anthologized (PDF) February 2022
Red Wolf Editions: Visitations (Online Author’s
Collection) March 2023
I think I remember feeling it,
silently ebbing and flowing,
altering everything about me.
I recall my first encounter,
ages ago, at the University
in that meditation class,
OM-ing and focusing on breath
under the blue-sky maples
with Professor Gurumeister;
and I guess I sailed, then,
unanchored, adrift, imagining
I could avoid current events.
But I’m almost ancient now, and
the Morning News reminds me
I’ve forgotten the Guru’s name.
No matter; no matter. Nothing
matters anymore; I breathe deep,
unfurl my inner sail, and I’m gone.