Flame alive
The flame alive
atop the candle
our elder years are
:- Doug.

I have found the bedrock of humanity
& it is not and never was a rock
rather a pulsing heart
pumping out inner space
infinite
places & spaces & lives to explore
& invent & engage
pumping out stars & black holes
holding pain and abiding happiness
& what if the stars & black holes we see
out there were some one’s in here?
:- Doug.
It is not our original self
we seek
but the one who has
grown up from here
whom we have not yet met
:- Doug.