by Steve S | Jun 4, 2026 | Attention & Presence
Reclining a little before at last I laid my head upon the pillow, I watched the night take possession of the room. It did not come in haste. It had no need. The shadows lengthened first along the wall, then drew themselves softly across the floor, as though some...
by Steve S | Apr 7, 2026 | Attention & Presence
A room full of smiles, and all appears as though it were well, nothing beneath the surface seeming to have shifted or come undone, and they have gathered, it would seem, to touch upon something called divine, though what is named is not always what is given, nor what...
by Steve S | Mar 6, 2026 | Attention & Presence
As my eyes close, the search begins in that quiet country where sight no longer rules. There are things the eye refuses to confess—small presences it passes over without pause—yet they do not vanish when darkness settles upon the lids. They remain where they have...
by Steve S | Feb 12, 2026 | Attention & Presence
At the edge of waking, before the day has fully taken its shape, there is a brief stillness in which the mind lies open. Light gathers quietly along the walls. The air rests, unclaimed. In that hour, thoughts do not yet press forward, but drift, half-formed, like...
by Steve S | Jan 16, 2026 | Attention & Presence
My blood knows where it belongs, as if it were a thread drawn from an older loom and left, for a long while, to wander—still tethered, still remembering the hand that first measured it. It knows ancestral land. It knows the weight of it. And when that knowing stirs,...
by Steve S | Jan 13, 2026 | Attention & Presence
In the winter mornings, when the sun rises low and strikes the glass of the windowpane, a faint mist gathers along the outer edges. It does not settle evenly. It draws inward, leaving the center clear while the margins cloud and pale. For a brief moment, caught...
