Inside, Outside

sometimes,
you walk away,
to step aside
and see things
with new eyes;
sometimes,
you stay on,
to step inside
the eyes
you wanted to
walk away from;
sometimes,
it's your own eyes
that show you
the gifts of both -
walking away
and staying on.

Conversations with Yourself

how often do you really
speak to yourself
there is no one out there
and yet
soak it all in
turn your eyes without
so you can
turn your eyes within
what you want to change outside
is
what you don't want to change within.

P.S. - Now read the poem backwards...line by line

Intimacy

and I go within,
so that when I come out
my roots become leaves,
flowers and fruits,
and wings.