Blood and Mud The lines are not clean no clear space between the black and the white but a muddy chaos rising in the blood talking heads would tell you there is one sole path one sole faith to guide every step denying the many names of gods turning their backs on empathy and love … Continue reading Blood and Mud
Spirituality
Blind Mountain
Blind Mountain The proverbial mustard seed did not transform the hatred of hearts into anointed souls though it could have given half the chance The mountain still stands unmoved, impossible for what they profess as love has been a curse a civil war between neighbors rather than the sole commandment They speak hatred and preach … Continue reading Blind Mountain
A Song of Winter
A Song of Winter The time soon comes for planting once more as the soil rests its bones away from the sun our season of recovery and healing will move into springtime and sun but winter will remain within our own bones a memory and a melody we will not forget a song of winter … Continue reading A Song of Winter
Lamentations #MondayBlogs
Lamentations #MondayBlogs The sky is choked with dust and wind the stars have dropped from sight the world still turns on its axis and time still makes her demands but the life we held to yesterday is no longer what stands before us darkness lingers and fills every space as we begin to seek the … Continue reading Lamentations #MondayBlogs
A Slice of Peace
A Slice of Peace Somewhere beyond our own horizon a clear lake holds the clouds fed by snows and springtime melts it is a space in waiting as we journey through our day holding calm for us as we slip into dreams a slice of peace that cools the fever of hasty action and endless … Continue reading A Slice of Peace
Calm Waters
Calm Waters We cross the bridge always seeking some other side rough or calm waters we ignore all that is below eyes ever forward on an invisible horizon we search for the unseen adamant in our faith hope may stumble yet we move on our blindness spreading like the dark still we make progress a … Continue reading Calm Waters
Ascension
Ascension The path is well-worn trod by so many before us still chosen to this day by those with hearts that love the ascension is the struggle the weariness of the soul the trembling of our muscles as strong and fast we hold we summit ever faster swift and sure beneath the sun confident in … Continue reading Ascension
Like Water
Like Water For even stone relents to the endless flow as water rushes and rolls through the narrow and the wide shifting shape to relentlessly move downstream into an open vastness to mirror the skies clouds at our feet and clouds above holding space like water - Caroline A. Slee
A Space of Zen
A Space of Zen We must cultivate our own gardens both within and without seek and create a space of Zen of our very own the calm and quiet to hear our own intuition the uncluttered mind honed through meditation we must build our unique temples for comfort and for clarity allowing vision to focus … Continue reading A Space of Zen
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