All Posts By: Byron McCoy
SMALL THINGS
Small things mean more than we imagine. Be grateful for when, and in whom, they show.
BANKS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK
I did not know it then, but those would become some of my favorite days: spring in a southern town, reading and writing in the light of the world where war once raged but lives now in a quiet peace; where the end of a river runs over shallow rock shelves before spreading and […]
UNTIL AFFECTION
“…but Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.”—Luke 2: 19 He read in the predawn morning—body, mind, and spirit waking slowly in self-ritual well before rising of the sun. Something struck, an affection that moved within; and when it came, he rose and moved to a small table where he wrote […]
SEEK
“…words are life set down on paper. So seek out the company of others.”—Paulo Coelho, Aleph For most of my lived-life, I ran from that. When drawn to another, I believed something in me was wrong, that an attraction and draw was something ugly—a weakness and perversion within me—and it took the better part […]
TAKE A HIKE
Take a hike. Clear your mind.Find a different way.Learn what lies along its path;Then choose to never say.
CLOUDY DAY SUN
Cloudy days, too, have their sunWhen company is shared;And through the gray and broken rainI’m glad that you were there.