By the Seashore The Earth and the Sea hold all the drama as if the Gods and Goddesses left some game halfway through walking away from their pawns and pieces to take up celestial work by the seashore we see ancient evidence of times before, and long before that a battleground a playground left to … Continue reading By the Seashore
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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
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
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
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
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth The space between heaven and earth does not exist they occupy a shared world the heavens wrapping the earth in winds and fogs and morning mists just as the seas cover the sands with tides and rotations and the pull of bright moonlight the space between heaven and earth is a trick … Continue reading Heaven and Earth
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
Steps to a Dance
Steps to a Dance The music keeps the time of tango in Argentina a foxtrot on the eastern seaboard polite applause and the sweep of skirts twirled in a dance formal and light by turns time is the rhythm the keeper of our steps helping us to make our steps with grace and the poise … Continue reading Steps to a Dance
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