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The poem "Grasping" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: At such times of deep despair, we long for someone somewhere to hear the voice of our call, as we listen for a word or; Last Line: penalty for something we cannot remember.

The poem "Demon" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: We have disfigured demons with misunderstanding, forgetting their purpose in leading us home to an authentic life. Last Line: It is perhaps important only that we learn it, so we may walk always toward the light.

The poem "Unmentioned" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: My experience of close proximity to spirit as I recovered from despair led me naturally to seek knowledge and; Last Line: Unstoppable and unrelenting in their wrathful form of love.

The poem "Healing" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: Spiritual healing is the experience of relief from burden and affliction by a sublime presence, which replaces doubt and; Last Line: presence comes to touch us, to speak with us, and to heal us, even in the hour of our death.

The poem "Spirit" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: Yet, whilst this banished place for skinless sensitivity is painful in extreme, it simultaneously opens us to a spiritual presence; Last Line: spirit from passing into us, so we may not only survive, but rejuvenate and flourish in the light of a spiritual healing.

The poem "Banished" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: This state of openness is familiar to monks and contemplatives, mystic artists and luminary visionaries, and those among us; Last Line: and nobody else to whom this is happening.

The poem "Skinless" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: Whilst stumbling about in the absence of light. I came across a tribe of those who feel they have no skin. Last Line: We sought a way of saying: be kind to me and careful, for I am open, I am skinless, and I feel things to the bone.

The poem "Lying" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: The strangest thing was. I had somehow known something was not quite right for some time. Last Line: But first let me tell you about those I met in the dark.

The poem "Falling" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: I was feeling positive. Last Line: And I thought I would never get up again.

The poem "Big" by Paul Newham is presented. First Line: I had always worked very deeply with people, many of them reeling in the aftermath of trauma or abuse. Last Line: I was done and done in.