3 small colorful jackets, for different codes of cold wet weather 1 bright pink collar, to help strangers on the beach correctly guess “Girl?” despite her muscular chest and tendency

Beautiful Mana, your complex nature reminds me that you are a fierce one who came into my life as a domestic pet when you were once a black panther, roaming

I feel the soft weight of her against my heart. She’s cradled in my left arm, her paws straight ahead, one crossed over the other in a casual gesture of

I wish I could take you one more time To visit the bay you loved so much Skipping over the slippery rocks To the sandy shoreline Content and happy as

Find your curve Allow For things to be new Be with Your own flair Find a way to care To caress To nestle up against The thing that most Interests

Shimmering radiance as you glide effortlessly through the tropical waters, emerging to let the sun bathe you in warm kisses and sweet repose. How blessed you are to rest on

The deep ocean Hydrothermal vents perhaps Hold the origin of life. Seemingly flat, From the pocket shark To phytoplankton Undiscovered Breaking the surface At South Cape Lookout A purple urchin

The warm Sun, kissing the day, offers its loving touch to the wild waves emerging from the Pacific. My gaze rests on the horizon, where the blue waters shimmer, and

That space filled with suchness Between being and knowing Annihilating the self Enter planet intimacy Take those external problems Make it your personal path Closing in on the world Juicy

I felt like I was drowning In the depth of your shame In the depth of your guilt In the depth of your lies For so many years, I kept