Scope #MondayBlogs The sky can be touched by outstretched arms outstretched buildings an urban salute to the sun the modern city still seeking the stars we bring our science and engineering to bear in our quest to touch heavendreaming ourselves and building ourselves up among the clouds and the bright blue days ascending to be … Continue reading Urban #MondayBlogs
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Remote
Remote There are songs to tell us we cannot be islands that our steps must be taken with an extended tribe with a whole community but there are days I seek the island without the sprawl of people without the chatter of endless voices just my small family and endless isolation I seek the island … Continue reading Remote
Shores, Distant and Near
Shores, Distant and Near It does not have to be a years-long seafaring journey or some kind of great escape just new shores to dip our toes into the surf to walk the sandy beaches both distant and near The journey is the waiting for the time to be right for stars and numbers to … Continue reading Shores, Distant and Near
Vanished Oceans
Vanished Oceans Tumbled mountains and sighing winds from what was once an underwater world sunburnt stones and taproots digging down our vanished oceans left us in an arid, alien clime wandering sands and creosote always in search of water landlocked hearts, landlocked minds ready to return to the sea trapped in a space with vanished … Continue reading Vanished Oceans
Days Underground
Days Underground A deep dive into darkness no soft landing a space of sharp edgesthe reality of cold the sun seems so far like it has become impossible to reach the light or the light never existed a deep dive into darkness a blind creature made for days spent underground forgetting what it means to … Continue reading Days Underground
Commitment
Energy builds like a lightning storm from the peaks to the plains it rises into a storm lifting us all for a final push like a tidal wave so we can reach a new height on a deadline in short order growth through the struggles victory through challenges the path to overcoming a commitment to … Continue reading Commitment
Long Boats and Marine Layers
Viking long boats and no fear
Suaimhneas
Suaimhneas I retreat within to seek the calm my mind's eye finding snowfall and springtime I sink into the clear waters of serenity's music a deep breath without pain or distress I retreat within to heal what aches a wordless prayer a soundless song stitching every wound a wordless prayer a soundless song rocking me … Continue reading Suaimhneas
Local Luminaries
Local Luminaries Our skies forget the city below and woo the coyotes with their brightness the night lives in color and sound a shifting canvas begun anew each morning a million lights detonate millions of years away travelling through time and fabric to illuminate our midnights no sun or moon could fire so bright as … Continue reading Local Luminaries
Invisible Mountains
Invisible Mountains Fog is a mourning veil wrapping the world in blindness bringing us through the landscapes we know by heart but surrounding us with invisible mountains transforming the familiar into the alien and unknown fog is a deception meant as a trick of the eye a wall without substance a temporary blindness to the … Continue reading Invisible Mountains