

see you
when you fall in love
all over the world,
you are blessed
with the trouble
of many "see you
sometime,
maybe never's."
but grateful you will be
forever, wherever,
when you fall in love
all over the world.


from belfast
And so, my dear, I must unwind our hands, for this heart still beats with the river. 'Tis not yet ready to drop anchor and land, and so it sails on the ship from Belfast. Somewhere far from home, my soul began to sing the golden thorn and green-isle song, somewhere along the train from Belfast. For amoungst the dandelion and the clover I feel home in a stranger’s land. But all the while the song’s not over, as my feet press the earth near Belfast. The shamrock and thistle mak


it comes to me when
as I realize I'm alive,
and like when it comes to me
when death is sitting in the living room,
the most ordinary thing in the universe...
I realize I'm alive,
and that is perfectly extraordinary. Sometimes it comes to me,
my chest expanding
like I can't breathe enough..
It doesn't hurt though -
it's just like a bunch of extra air
that wakes me up with a gentle punch and
opens my eyes a bit wide.
It catches me off guard as I realize I'm alive,
and that is extraord