Tag: Love
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Morning Prayer III
God, I am tired.The days grow shorter and colder,But God, they are still so long,and so full.The hungry ghosts who liveIn the space between tasksNever stop wailing –They are never satisfied. God, let me be satisfied.Let me feel confidentThat I am enough,My efforts are enough,And Grace residesIn the space between breaths – May I rememberTo […]
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Cactus
I asked my spouse To stop buying me flowers – “Buy me a houseplant instead, So I don’t have to watch them die.” So now my “Sorry you got assaulted” cactus Sits on the mantle Next to Uncle Frank and the “Congratulations on 6 months sober!” cactus And the one I picked up For her […]
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Tallahassee
I love sweatersAnd I love my wifeAnd I love being outSo I have no choiceBut to love Tallahassee. Tallahassee, FloridaWas a miserable place For me to live, butThe place where my love And my livingBecame real. Tallahassee is the kind of townWhere no matter what, most daysAll you really needIs a sweaterAnd thisIs the only […]
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“This I Know” – An Installation Blessing
LREDA and UUMA Colleagues may use this video for worship, etc. free of charge. Please be sure to use my correct pronouns – they/them – when giving attribution. Click here to support my work. “This I Know” – A Blessing for the Ministries of the Rev. Misha Dawn Sanders and Northwest Unitarian Universalist CongregationWritten by HP […]
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DMs From the Divine
“There are no coincidences,”The Medicine Woman reminds me.“Only co-incidences.” Kind of like how God likes to slip into my DMswith a breathtaking sunrise,no better possible viewThan my bedroom window… anddare me to call it a coincidence thatI was just begging for a reasonto face another day. “Beloved, You are the reason.” My spirit guides gave […]
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Screaming at God. (the nice thing about a blanket fort)
(Or a depression pit, As my wife half-jokingly calls it, Hoping to remind me Not to get to comfortable, that I can’t stay too long) But the nice thing is If you tuck yourself in just right, If your toes are all covered and you’re properly warm and cozy and finally starting to calm down […]