one day the stars looked down on you and gently kissed your lips it was like watching a pond filled with water where drops from rain all the sudden dropped and rippled out to the banks where water meets earth one night when all the animals slept so peacefully i could hear you walking it…
Tag: Poems
scent of rain
sweet and heady and full water filling in space until the surfaces the indentations and grooves all the cracks and crags are filled to the brim scent after rain is gentle it lingers and moves in a way that only it can do mixed with dirt and wind that has died down mixed with plants…
winds of change
swirls the hair into the air it moves and whips up into an invisible tornado keep moving can’t dodge it can’t face it head on without been blown away couldn’t even reach out suddenly burst into fits of laughter at being pushed by this wind changing direction keep going and you take a different path…
to make right
ache deep within that permeates to the bones an ache that will be released deepness of the pain but there is relief the sinews soothed the muscles the cords unraveled smoothed and with this restoration even stronger connectedness to parts unlinked sigh exhale as you let go deeper into the heart deeper to meet the…
enduring love
some people don’t understand it and that’s why they need courage they ask for it quietly screaming out to the world and contained deep within if they could see it if they could feel it they would find it some people let it fill them they find it easily and it may even be overwhelming …
for the times
for the times that are gloomy for the days that feel like not enough for the times that you don’t have the answers and nothing seems sure anymore for when you’re not 100% for when you can’t do what you want to for when you feel like something’s in the way for the release that…
water whisperers
i know people who whisper to water who by lake sides and giant pools trickling streams and expansive oceans lean into the water’s edge and you see them skipping smooth stones you see them walking endlessly on the shore along the banks where sand and dirt and rock meet water who stop to look out…
herbs and spices
a couple herbs and spices in your life to keep your life from being bland to keep you connected grounded back to the idea of a sacred earth more than an idea this is a reality if you believe it you live it if you help it grow and flourish couple herbs can do the…
realignment
body knows what to do mind does too body and mind tell you how to get back into balance still it might not be what you want to do it might not be convenient might take a great concerted effort might be painful a sickness is the body the mind the spirit out of balance…
holding space
a friend once told me a story he said “if someone is to get hurt let it be me” let it be me in moments where anxiety produces the feeling of irritation separation from society a feeling of hopelessness i ask the same if there is to be pain, let it come from me i…