Council The stones are music an ancient rhythm flowing through cold surfaces taking the high ground to cloak themselves in mist The stones are wisdom standing against time witnesses to history impassive observers watching like judges from on high The stones are living blood flowing through them a heartbeat felt by all who stand before … Continue reading Counsel
Mysticism
Urban #MondayBlogs
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
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
Present/Ancient
Present/Ancient We too shall pass into relics and ruins our larger-than-life present moving beyond memory and knowledge we are each Ozymandias believing in our own importance stamping each day with our signatures and footprints standing outside the knowledge of fickle time and her destructive path there will be no works and days from our reckless … Continue reading Present/Ancient
Long Boats and Marine Layers
Viking long boats and no fear
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
Furies
Furies Justice comes not from men on a bench and life has no consequence like those meted out by women Furies deliver the balance risen from blood and released upon the world retribution will be had wrought by women's hands - Caroline A. Slee
The Secretkeeper
The Secretkeeper She locks the doors impenetrable every whisper under lock and key a sacred task standing outside of time the guardian of every confession and witness to every mirth or grief the secretkeeper holds silent standing watch over every word - Caroline A. Slee
The Dragon Sleeps
The Dragon Sleeps There is no pattern to the silent years no catchy tune to commemorate time but a dragon sleeps banking its fire until the appointed day The silent years are not peace instead suppression of voice and objection but the dragon sleeps so the corrupt rise false cream poisoning the cup The dragon … Continue reading The Dragon Sleeps