By Joe Perez
Day 30. Viola
I am in colors,
But not black nor red,
Not Brown nor yellow,
Not orange, green or
Blue. But in turquoise
I live silently,
My Violet Heart there,
Bleeding violently
On compassion’s White.
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Read “Violet” at KalenOTolan.com.
About Joe PerezJoe Perez is an author, poet, and integral thinker. His spiritual memoir, Soulfully Gay, was written when he was 34 years old. Arctophile and ailurophile. A little bit country and a little bit "part and whole." As of May 28, 2013, Joe is now teaching and writing under the name of Kalen O’Tolán at www.kalenotolan.com.
I have taken on the name of Kalen O’Tolán for my public writing and teaching. And starting on June 2, you can find my new writings on www.kalenotolan.com, beginning with the articulation of a path of renewal called The Way of Falám.
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Kalen O’Tolán (Joe Perez) is a Teacher, Blogger, and Author of books including the acclaimed chronicle Soulfully Gay, one of the first memoirs in an emerging discourse called Integral World Spirituality. His latest work focuses on a path of individual and collective renewal called The Way of Falám. In earlier careers, Kalen was a writer, résumé writer, career coach, and technical writer for various firms including Microsoft and Oracle. He is an Honors graduate of Harvard University in The Comparative Study of Religion and Philosophy as Allied Field, and also … [MORE..]