It could be someone
you never had the courage
to love, holding you
in the night.
Or talking all night
with a lifelong friend,
both of you lucid and hungry,
the talk peeling, not adding up,
but peeling into uncontrollable
laughter and the smell
of honey.
It could be swimming
deeper than ever, alongside
iridescent fish, copying
their wriggle for light.
Or taking something apart so
thoroughly-a car, a watch-that
it never has to be put together
again, and you, caught in the
joy of the thing dismantled.
It could be righting a turtle
and watching it stare at you
before receding in its shell.
Or righting yourself
and staring at the world.
AUG 26–28: Mercy By the Sea, 167 Neck Rd, Madison CT, weekend workshop, Reclaiming Our Humanity: Being Fierce and Tender in Our Call to Love, Fri 7–9:30PM EST Sat 9:30–5:30PM EST, Sun 9:30–1230PM, ( web link) -
IN PERSON
SEPT 11: Mark Nepo in Conversation with Brooke Warner, Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength to Meet Adversity, 1–2:30PM PST/4–5:30PM EST, FREE, register at the legendary bookstore Book Passage, (web link) — ONLINE
SEPT 16–18: Friday Night Reading and Weekend Retreat (Sat and Sun), Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength to Meet Adversity, The Sophia Institute, Charleston, SC, or call 843–720–8528, (web link) — IN PERSON & ONLINE
OCT 28–30: Harmony Hill Retreat Center, Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength to Meet Adversity, A Weekend Retreat, (web link) — IN PERSON
