Ancient omen Modern science Beauty that steals breath Once striking fear Or inspiring awe Skies in warning Of Northern fire For even the stars Must dance Once in a while Above the impassive land Resting - fixed - below Proof of life Beyond our assumptions Lasting long Beyond our insignificance - Caroline A. Slee
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Stars Fallen #MondayBlogs
Stars carpet the ground Fallen as surely As what once was an Angel Thrown out of their place In the heavens But with their fall The stars lose No grace They are not cast out Of beauty But instead Are lit with a new fire A million points of light Above us And beneath our … Continue reading Stars Fallen #MondayBlogs
Building
The sky does not seek the sun Instead holding fast To her starry darkness A little longer Movement is slow A near underwater Ballet Each step resistance The fire glows brightly Sunlight to my spirit Comforting and coaxing My mind to awaken Reluctance lingers The memory of sleep An inviting bed Urging me back The … Continue reading Building
Galaxy
For every moment The universe brings forth a Star That divine mother Loses others Beyond the millions Of years Between our eyes And a dying light Worlds shift And time stops And still we dance With blithe feet Galaxies die And are born An endless whirl Beyond our thoughts And the limits Of our small … Continue reading Galaxy
Dreaming Nights ~ #MondayBlogs
The stars smile down beyond the bonfire blaze crystals piercing the veil of velvet night We awaken something primal an animal ancestor who seeks the darkness ready to run into abandon The winter nights almost pagan in their beauty call to the god within us at rest behind distraction A better self rising into power … Continue reading Dreaming Nights ~ #MondayBlogs
Healing Magic #MondayBlogs
It comes with the fire Through bone and blood Like a memory Of the time we were stars Firing like the sun Millions of years Into a past forgotten When we danced As the lights through the darkness Still the instincts return As our masks are dropped And who we are: That bright and brilliant … Continue reading Healing Magic #MondayBlogs
Triumphant #wwwblogs
She has tasted defeat More often than anyone sees But always She returns She is more than human More than mortal Stars swim within her skin And her minds opens like galaxies Who would ever dare Reduce her to nothing Treat her as object When she is power Wandering the earth On two legs Such … Continue reading Triumphant #wwwblogs
Winter is Calling
And I must find it where skies change and the air sharpens skin vanishes into layers of warmth Windows are shut tight against the wind's keen edge and the world dips into barren branches and white expanse Seasons shift in a meditation a grateful dance to a planet turning years around the fire of the … Continue reading Winter is Calling
A Vast Surrender ~ #wwwblogs
Time rules us Bending our days to her will until time ends without warning though we may fight or fly ahead eluding the inevitable a day will come a full stop an endless hold as we become limitless a force of energy a vast galaxy stripped down to stars as we take our place with … Continue reading A Vast Surrender ~ #wwwblogs
Wanderer ~ #MondayBlogs
I travel through the fire a flightless body with the soul unfettered I sink beneath time ghostlike through walls finally limitless clear-eyed magic my dreams lift me to drift with night clouds stars my body feeling diamond-bright I eavesdrop every whisper of every voice until they become an unison choir a cappella with the thundering … Continue reading Wanderer ~ #MondayBlogs