Author Archives: Misha

Memory

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Misha

I was here when that chestnut was grown from a conker and the Paul’s Scarlet was a smaller thorny red spleen, before a time lapse could record every sunset and replay them in salmon and rose and golden and green. … Continue reading →

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Once upon a time

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Misha

There is an absence etched in this place of the jasmine that used to grow here and the bark of a dog that went mad and the innocence I insist was here, once. There is an absence imprinted on my … Continue reading →

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ON YOUR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Misha

When things are not quite how you hoped they would be, and the bumps in the road get you down, may love always carry you through. May your heart dance, your soul sing, your spirit be free, and a smile … Continue reading →

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Travel Light

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Misha

I’m spending some 4 hours in an airport terminal simply rejoicing in the laughter and tears of children. Kids riding on suitcases. Kids playing rock, paper, scissors 467 times. Kids misbehaving. Kids not old enough to understand. Kids on parents’ … Continue reading →

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What if?

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Misha

What if, on a dopey day in June nothing got done? What if, pointlessly languishing, I was undone? What if, in an attempt to get it all right nothing quite was? What if my questions were left, unanswered in the … Continue reading →

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About me

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Misha

You speak of me in the third person, of “them” of “those” of “others”. I want to speak but I am unseen, unrecognisable in my otherness. An inside stranger with no voice for that which ought to be out there … Continue reading →

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Morning Star

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Misha

The morning stars sang together while the angels shouted for joy when the Lord laid the first foundations to all that He wished to enjoy. There was silence until that moment and no ear to perceive it until the resounding … Continue reading →

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Seeing God

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Misha

I haven’t seen you yet, God. I have called and searched And asked and knocked And waited Patiently or at least For a long time With my fists clenched And my spirit all screwed up As my inner eyes scan … Continue reading →

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BLM

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Misha

I don’t understand. I’ll be honest with you, I don’t understand. You see, I have never lived that experience and so I don’t understand. I think I want to understand. I say think because understanding would mean I would have … Continue reading →

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Think about such things…

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Misha

Do you have place in the depths of your heart, where all God’s done for you has been set apart? A little sacred room that shines with His glory as you recall how He wrote Himself into your story? Do … Continue reading →

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