Acceptance Stories

Sisyphus

24 Mar 2012

From Morning Songs: Doing What I Do

Acceptance of life's mystery and doing what I do

I sit here every dawn because I do, and I keep the fire going because I want the warmth. I eat a piece of toast because I’m hungry and look up at the morning star because it’s there.I listen to my heart because it’s beating and it’s quiet in the stillness...

Sisyphus

4 Feb 2012

From Sisyphus: My Stone

Sisyphus speaking to the stars about his plight

This stone is more than stone,more than weight against my arms,my shoulders, my neck--more than a stone my legs must shove,my hands must grasp,my lungs must grunt into--more than a moan inside my soulthat comes from knowing there is no escape from where I...