For Dad

who taught me how to be kind and treat everyone with respect to act and to do and not just say to be direct and choose my words carefully but not to be overly precious and focus on the negative who taught me to wonder and see the beauty in everything around me to watch…

smoldering

sometimes a thought lingers with you for quite some time sometimes a thought swims in your head  and reflects like light shining through water sometimes thoughts gain speed and turn to action can be misdirected can grow into something real can be re-imagined can be softened can transform can be controlled can smolder and fuel…

possibility

As she opened her eyes… Dawn again. Sun rising once more. Clouds scattered into the far forever distance as if you could stretch across time and back again. In the moment it takes to breath in deeply, then she realized all was right. Countless possibilities deep into the horizon and as you looked to the…

every moment

There is a timelessness to the evening when birds sing  when stars collide when wind blows cold There is a ferocity to night when the moon is overhead when the grass waves slowly when every footstep must be taken with care There is a kindness to the darkest part of day when light is in…

spirits

they meld together drifting swimming in the air land water sky moving from one place to the next always chasing each other blending lively spirits who ride the wind for fun and live inside bubbles drifting softly unseen  except sometimes  with a bend of the light or a glimpse within imagination  

down in the canyon below

Starlight into a rocky canyon. The girl was watching something. Watching as something moved down below. Every so often if you focused, you could see a flicker of movement from down below, down by the thickly rooted trees. These ones that had canopies like great expansive clouds, enveloping the base of this deep cut into…

wish

my wish is for peaceful thoughts my wish is for dreams that illuminate my wish is to be reminded of awe-inspiring splendor my wish is for calming music to gently follow me where i go my wish is for joyful exuberance in each step my wish is to see infinite possibility in every moment my…

tonight

tonight this wonder of words and imagination flourishing tonight is a dream tonight  this momentary collision of a myriad of thoughts tonight is a discussion tonight this heartfelt apology for all the worry put forward tonight is a reconciliation tonight this simplicity in each step as if making an artful masterpiece tonight is an expression…

out

out of the blue  out from the depths of the sea out of the drift that falls back into itself out of time  and out of consciousness out of forever out of every day out of the ordinary out from places that few know about out of a hazy fog out of fields that stretch…

Dandelion seeds

Dandelion seeds floating in the wind  Swirl off and be carried away  Until they find their place in a tuft of grass This, on top of a dune of sand And sand that stretches until it meets the first of a million waves Waves that travel the globe That circle continuously  Endlessly And in the…