A world seemingly unreal Waits for our eyes to see As we wander - Lost or with purpose - Always blindly Beauty rises with the sun And clouds fall below the mountains The sky opens into day Spectacular and breathtaking A world waits For our notice As the days unfurl As the East is reeled … Continue reading Idylls
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Reminders
Each moment holds a reminder Of still another thing to do In a life filled with demands To go, go, go We spend minutes In a silent rebellion Of breath and movement And awe Capturing beauty Allowing ourselves To be captured by it Despite a world Crushing down upon our shoulders Reminders are disruptions To … Continue reading Reminders
Erosion
After a storm On the California coast An entire beach nearly vanished ~ I remember the beachfront With its balconied apartments And gouging rental fees Suddenly less than desirable With balconies over open space ~ The cliff that had shored them up Washed away in floods and rains And the heavy scent of tar Filling … Continue reading Erosion
Frozen Seas
We are adrift Set loose Upon frozen seas Frosted breath Escaping us We are adrift Ports long behind us Long lost From our view We are adrift A world unto ourselves Chasing nature And a far off beauty Adrift To find ourselves Home - Caroline A. Slee
Ice fishing
When was the idea born - To sit upon the ice - And simply wait - For a baited hook - To find its target? Patience And many layers Winning out Over elements and armor We bend with the seasons Carving our path And searching out What we need - We lose a dormant season … Continue reading Ice fishing
Frosted
In the impossibility Of the endless white Of a frigid landscape We find that burst of brightness The flash of color Life into bloom The invincibility of hope When all should be lost And we thrive Our hearts warmed Within the cold Our minds sharp With a purpose Reawakened - Caroline A. Slee
Migrations
Winter's descent pushes A flight of seasons Fleeing winter winds That bite and frost the breath Seeking sunnier views The skies fill With flight patterns And calls As geese chatter above And pelicans silently hover This pattern overhead Of lines and formations Adding geometry to the dawn Breaking the silence With dramatic life - Caroline … Continue reading Migrations
A Long Time Away #WWWBlogs
I rest in this place So far from where I wish to be And a long time From the memory Of quiet and solitude I remain here in this place Always a bit unsettled A drive pushing me To another space and place A water creature Living in the landlocked desert Finding beauty around me … Continue reading A Long Time Away #WWWBlogs
Tornado
The skies sink Into an eerie black Backlit By an otherworldly glow As birdsong ends And the skies empty We take cover Vulnerable to nature's force Sheltering in place Hiding to survive But the skies Do not care For our fears Or our lives We are insignificant In the face Of destruction And force Imagining … Continue reading Tornado
Prisms #wwwblogs
It is uncomplicated - Rainfall - A change in scenery A balm for the dry sands Even the darkness Is refracted Into ground level stars Winking back at us Through captured raindrops It soothes something long buried And its rhythms build into A midnight lullaby As the world becomes transformed Beyond the veil of weather … Continue reading Prisms #wwwblogs