Companions in Time Archives

Learning about Myself

I’ve been reading a book of poems Sent to me by a friend Trying to learn how it’s done From someone who knows himself...

This morning I remembered an old dream. In the dream I am upstairs In the house I grew up in My father is outside...

Each breath rapid and searing Expelling clouds of crystals Into the thin cold air Each step a marathon Tenzing Norgay knows the way And...

It’s so nice to see you Stepping up and doing so much That I used to do. It’s almost worth falling And breaking my...

I rarely speak the truth Instead, holding back, Secretly assured That the sky will never open. But then it happens, A thought, a feeling,...

A question has come into focus in the past few days, because two people who provide me with a moral compass I value, have...

The finer brushstrokes of this world Don’t make it into my eyes. I seem to hobble from moment to moment Like a one-legged stork....

I stopped making New Years Resolutions years ago when I realized that the part of me that pronounced intentions for the future was not...

Today is a day when feeling thankful is in the air and on the airways. Of course, we would be wise to treat every...

I’m aware that by writing a review of a book I am only 30% through, I risk losing my motivation to continue reading it....