Hooray for Peleg Top

Yesterday's L.A. times featured a story on Silver Lake resident Peleg Top who put a real estate flier dispenser out in front of his home and filled it with 30 copies of a poem he had written.  Before long, his neighbors, out for a morning's stroll, were stopping by and taking a copy.  Then he'd put out another one, sometimes one of his own, other times some other poet's work.  Now about 100 copies of poems get taken every week.  Here's the first poem Peleg Top put out for the taking. So, be a Peleg Top yourself: go buy a book of poetry, read it, maybe copy out a poem in an email to share with your friends.  Or better yet, send them a book of poetry for Christmas or their birthday.  

Bless This Journey

I look ahead and see no destination
I look behind and see thousands of questions
I look down and hear my heart
melting
I look forward and take a deep
breath
The next step could be the one
that drowns me
that drops me into my abyss
The next step could be the one
that leads me into my unknown
my bliss
my glee
my truth
Doubt
concern
confusion
are no longer in charge
I bless this journey
with moments of delights
where time disappears
and truth emerges
I bless this journey
with new insights
that steer me
to the place
where I regain
my power, my spirit, my joy.