The old man had a sense of direction that some would call uncanny. It was a gift to know where to go in a moment’s notice. Trouble was, it always came up in the moment. Not days or years ahead. No. It was was precisely in a moment. Sometimes they were questions that took years…
Author: bjwany
I am a writer and a martial artist.
What interests me is searching within.
garden of potency
garden grows many things among them tiny rosebuds collected fill two hands pouring rosebuds falling like rain scent of roses changes the temperature oil relieves the body sight of a rose softens velvet touch all that from springing up from dirt from water from sunlight yes, the garden contains many potent things
light so bright
there is a trail a path of stars shining bright across the sky light so bright the world begins to sing with joy light so bright that people are astonished at first light so bright that people take their first breath into a new reality light of the stars across the sky bringing hope bringing…
blindfolded
like being blindfolded and someone tells you of the beauty that’s out there and you’ve only seen that in dreams and it’s hard to believe to hold even to picture in your mind what this way out could look like like are there people who don’t live like this? who aren’t affected? is a dream…
iridescent landscape
Standing on the top of the hill looking out and it’s endless waves of euphoric iridescence glimmering in sunlight light sparkles you don’t know if it’s sky and you’re standing on a cloud or wind blowing grasses in fields that stretch endlessly or the glassy transparent blue sea you look out from a mountain a…
they don’t know about the fire
they don’t know about the fire within they don’t have the dreams i do they don’t know about how far you can go through the pain they don’t know what you’re capable of they don’t know about how finely well-chosen words can mean the world they don’t know how to sit in silence they don’t…
to my love
i want to tell you how much i want to sing jump shout out to the world how much i love you and i’m not afraid of what they say or complexity i’m not afraid of the confusion some may have over little things that we know you see because deep down we all know…
looking at the water
we sit out and look at the water as seals sun themselves on pointy rocks yet totally comfortable seals look over at us blinking hey what are you guys doing? they seem to say we step into the water and it’s so cold that we have to laugh we stand on millions of little treasures…
standing
first touch of water is shocking it’s colder than you think it’s going to be but you’re held and in that warmth throughout your bones your skin muscles marrow consuming you to the core at the same time as the surface shiver jolts you awake teeth chattering and yet you feel warm inside though you…
the place of hidden echoes
there’s a place few know about it’s a special place where sound echoes into forever it gets etched into time it’s a place where you can shout at the top of your lungs you can tell the world anything in this place and voice reverberates across land across water it echoes and barks back at…
The Dynamics of Groove 