What God Said When She Finally Answered Me

James Lee Jobe


Look at what I have - everything! Every dream!
I have flight and fancy - endless children!

And look at you - losing sleep over foolish worries.
Can you control it all? I don't!

Life is coincidence - listen to your dreams.
Learn to love the life you already have!


James Lee Jobe


Again, Jim Jobe's work has moved me. It happens often, but if I posted everything of his that moves me, this would become a version of his blog. I think this is mermaidish (as are some others of his) and have dubbed him an honorary merman from afar.

thinking of you
and dreaming of a summer night

Mermaid in Winter

Today is bright sharp cold.
Winter is not her favorite time.
Her tail, fishlike, can adapt to chilly waters -
slowing, hibernating -
but the woman shivers
longing for a tropical retreat.
Even the sunning rocks are not warm.
The water herself has a steel glint.
The sky, though blue,
is a thin wash
instead of the deep summer bright
that goes on forever.