Everyone casts a shadow. Everyone has a relationship with the fearful unknown.

The courageous conversation is the one you don't want to have.

Poetry for me has been a long pilgrimage, a journey and a growing relationship with the unknown.

A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.

The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears

It might be liberating to think of human life as informed by losses and disappearances as much as by gifted appearances, allowing a more present participation and witness to the difficulty of living.

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation.