leaf

glossy leaf with ridges that look like ribbon gives protection against all kinds of negativity green is the color of healing  leaves that cool and wrap  leaves that contain wisdom of millions of years each year  returning to the same forgotten mysteries to unwravel and smooth the cord the connection to the past yes, leaves…

sunshine comes out

sunshine glinting into hair rests there  and waits for gloomy days  to come out again days that are cloudy  days that are foggy days filled with rain walk into sunshine like opening a door to golden light piercing through the body nothing can escape sunshine is like love in that way because it can’t be…

blue light

blue light like you’re swimming in water a pool of water that heals water that drifts over you cascade come back into your own come back to your self the day is done and now everything is  water

black heron

raindrop rolling right of the wing black feathers water sits on top like a little transclucent blob little pebble with a bright ray of light sparkling little drops of water rest on top bird holds its feathers fanned out protecting the ground giving shelter to itself like the cover it provides under its beautiful wings…

a song for returning

we are coming back coming back into ourselves remembering the past remembering who we used to be we are remembering how to walk softly treading the earth with care with every step there is a chance  to shift deeper into the ground we walk upon we are coming back to understanding where we are from…

power of two

power of two two hands  two feet two legs two that join power of one that persuades another power of one that joins to form two power of unison power of two that know no bounds power of the two that find strength power of two power of two who do twice as much power…

dedicated to practice

to showing up to moving forward despite injuries or illness to discovering something deep within  hidden potential  pure will to never saying no  to never quitting  to not believing that the odds are stacked against you to betting on yourself to incessant curiosity  creativity to the space to experiment  to experience  to wonder to waiting…

one request

when the moon comes out tonight  i ask for stories for songs for the kind that heals and because they are needed i ask for moments of recognition  of hope and inspiration  where we remember our power to change to transform  to grow to shift to nurture and we remember that deep underneath everything  there…

long shadows by the yellow flowers 

drive down the highway into light on the horizon casts a long shadow  purple at the edges dust picks up from hills and the scent of the trees in the window when you drive never alone only solitary in thought for a moment before landscape beautiful and haunting at the same time wind is you…

skipping stones 

skipping stones across the pond and we try to get as many jumps as we can 2 3 5 8 10 at a certain point it looks as if the stone is just skidding across the water light at an angle low and a permeating orangy blue hangs in the air we make ripples and…