Tuesday, May 29, 2012


On the Occasion of Howard’s 56th Birthday
and 10th day of Vipassana Meditation


Today it is your birthday
the universe envelopes you with its secrets

Today you retrieve your voice
re-learn how to interact with others

Today you discover the disorientation
of managing the internal and external at once

Today the ravens call in joy to one another
and the insects swarm in celebration of your birth

Today you will inhale the written word with an
insatiable appetite, gluttonous for text and context

Today you will crave and struggle like every day
watching the waves of sensation wash over you

Today you are born in a timeless place
where all days are one day and this day is then.


~Andrine de la Rocha


posted 6/25/2011

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