I wrote the poem that became We’re Never Gone in 2010. It is about the mystery of death and the question death leaves behind.

One day, our friend or someone we love is here. Then, suddenly, that person is gone.

But are they really?

This song, like much of my writing, has a lived story behind it. Interestingly, some of the poems I felt least confident about have become some of the most touching songs. Perhaps that is because they were lived before they were written. They came from somewhere deep within the…

Thank you for stepping through our doorway into the many worlds of human experience—nature, dreams, abstract thought, contemplation, and the life divine.

Allow me to share a little about how this collection emerged, developed, and finally blossomed into something more accessible than books of poetry alone—and what you can expect to find here.

I have been a seeker of truth and the underlying reality of things for most of my life. I am getting up there in age, and like others who have traveled this far, I carry…