Author Archives: Paige Gamble

Pause. may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you … Continued

Pause.   Go slow if you can. Slower. More slowly still. Friendly dark or fearsome, this is no place to break your neck by rushing, by running, by crashing into what you cannot see. Then again, it is true: different … Continued

Pause.   Go slow if you can. Slower. More slowly still. Friendly dark or fearsome, this is no place to break your neck by rushing, by running, by crashing into what you cannot see.   Then again, it is true: … Continued

Pause.   Beloved, don’t tell me to be patient. I am done with this idle not-doing, this waiting that wastes and dulls.   Tell me, beloved, to strengthen my heart. Tell me to look to the ones who spoke fire. … Continued

Pause. Blessed be the gifts you never notice, your health, eyes to behold the world,thoughts to countenance the unknown, memory to harvest vanished days,your heart to feel the world’s waves,your breath to breathe the nourishmentof distance made intimate by earth. … Continued

Pause.   You see, I want a lot. Maybe I want it all: the darkness of each endless fall, the shimmering light of each ascent. So many are alive who don’t seem to care. Casual, easy, they move in the … Continued

Pause.   In a house at midnight   even moonlight through the window   can light your way.   By the light of a faint star   slaves found their way   to freedom.   Even in the thickest night … Continued