lavender

lavender waves in the breeze tall stems with tiny purple flowers bending back and forth scent drifts over fields  and hills  and off roads  down by the beach  in the front yards of homes lined together  where dogs walking jump in it to find their favorite toy lavender scented pillow brings sweet dreams full of…

Feather

The man was tired of the village. He found the company of others disappointing. The village itself was noisy and filled with awful smells. He had been there for 18 days. He felt that it was now wearing on him.  He looked out to the hundreds of trees sprinkled over rolling hills. Dense and thickly…

quiet thunder by the water

The crack of thunder. Low rumbling. Purple grey skies, and it was raining. Not the kind that hurt or splashed into your eyes, but a steady thin stream from everywhere as if to be cleansed. The girl walking through the forest cast her face to the sky. Listening to the quiet thunder. Distant rumbling. The…

tiger

tiger lying by a pool of clear water in the sun swishing his tail with this expression on his face like he’s bored but maybe he’s just cozy  tiger closes his eyes and yawns sharp teeth huge claws retract tiger opens his eyes  squinting  brow furrowing  he sees something shifts onto his shoulder and grabs…

walking

Sun peering through the forest and as she walked down the path, rays of light glinted across her eyes. Leaves lightly rustling and and breeze brushed against her face. In the morning, everything was quiet. She moved forward with soft steps, trying to be silent. She watched the world around her. In this moment, she…

moon guide

Clouds across the moon Transparent curtain  But behind the grey  a bright shining light  That radiates out as if to say Hi!  I’m here! Don’t forget about me! So that even in dark days  There it is Still as mysterious and luminous  As the night before Moon says  Sweet dreams! And watches over us as…

from a great height

In the depths of the ocean there is a sea cave that is not far from where water touches land. Still, its far enough that you would havr to take a boat to be directly above it. This sea cave is where people lived, once upon a time, that is. From a great height, the…

drift

drift as if wind  blows through long-bladed grass waving back and forth drift  as if grains of sand would roll onto one another  holding each other up while some tumble freely downward drift as if softness were tangible  feeling coolness and warmth and the rainbow of sensations in between drift and float to the surface…

nighttime questions

what do you do with the whispers in your head? thinking all the time and never stopping to trust that inside you know you better than anyone else what are you capable of if you never try? desiring the change to come from everything outside to believe that by moving one step forward you’d be…

healing

sometimes  you stumble across a piece of your life  that gives you a tremendous amount of pain inwardly the emotional self wants to scream or cry  but the disciplined self keeps you  quiet  and breathing  staring straight head and the one thrashes around while the other stays still the other one doesn’t ignore the pain…