Well, hello and how have you been? It’s been a while since my ink has flowed on the webpages of Esoteric Gardens Blog. I took time off to pursue other paths…as spirit leads, we follow — makes life much easier; instead of the pulling and tugging and resisting, what we...

With much pomp and ceremonyShe comes riding in,Led by seven dark horsesManes tossed about in strong winds of hurricane proportion,Large teethWild eyesFrothing at the bitTo stomp and bite; All white with slivers of grey and silverBlack around dark edgesHer plan was to...

I clutched the book,it was still warm,maybe becauseit traveled across the Atlanticin the back of the ship — a space ship,courieredfirst for my approval,I looked at it;a piece of me, but not really of mesince the words and the messagesflowed right through meI was...

My wish, in this piece, is to add my two pence to the talk about spirituality and sexuality. My aunt says that back in the day, our money was valued in shilling and pence; that was long before we minted our own Eastern Caribbean Dollar. So if I am adding two pence to...

  She senses flames leaping, a hot fire building — a yearningfor the feelingof calloused hands,roughened from life in the matrix. He sits transfixed,as ifyears of hard living had created in hima void that could not be filledby the mere physical — seeking...

Why oh why did I come back here? After having made it home under the threat of heavy rain, I was back by the footpath leading to his house. I looked around; it was dark, and the tall grass and shrubbery seemed to be mocking me, “how much longer did you think you would...

“Do you want a lift to your farm? It is going to rain just now. These clouds look as dark as a man’s face on payday Friday — too many calls from the women in his life asking for a share of his wages.” Mystic Man laughed and quickly jumped into the truck before I could...

The stiffening of the early evening breeze, followed by a slight drop in temperature signaled rain was close by.“John, I will go; I want to beat this rain before the road turns muddy and me and my truck slide from up here down to the main road.” We had been sitting...

It’s strange how we feel the need to justify our emotions groping through the thesaurus looking for words that just matchhow we feel.As if attempting to clarify will ever satisfyone lacking in understanding — give up trying.Just go on living. Reaching for and...