Compost
All the fella's are busyworking the pile...Let's face itit's been winter, soggy and wetchilly and darkAnd still each new offeringhas been plentiful and juicySo, the fella's are busy wearing no hard hatsYet many all feistywith armored backsTurning out rich soilfrom the...
Joy is Like the Rain
My husband just sent this video to me, because it reminded him of me. He is such a music hound. He is always finding old and new music, or writing or re-writing music to fit the moments needs. Anyway, I really like the words in this song.
Mud
In the mudtoes oozing with gobs of itthey sat encased in itAll about the serious BUSINESSof caking it and making itinto pies and mad makeupOr doing scientific experimentson the ooze factorCool mud...hot daysAaaahhh!
Just When I think…
Whenever I think I've got some kind of handle on the way my life is unfolding or the way I am handling myself in a situation or a mindset, I get reminded that maybe I don't have it so altogether as I might think that I do. It's ok. It's not like a big disappointment...
Challenges
Birth
I dreamed I was giving birththis ancient body fecundWith possibilities and galaxiesendless in their beautyAnd here in this instantstars and moonslovely planets escaped my wombAnd the cry of infinite lifepierced the wind-screamingA call of blessing
Silence
Sailing through silent watersbreezes tickling haircaressing face gentlyExhultant musicrising from the chestbursting with joy---------------------------Gliding through silent blue skystillness and magicenvelops the moment---------------------------Riding softly through...
Outside Looking In
I could see the spotsthrough the stripesThe stripes of visibilitythrough the fencingCurious face with blue tongueturning to look at meHidden behind the fencehovering way overheadspots of Life"Hello there", we said...
Go Home
Walking down the streetin a cement cityno trees in sightOnly a three foot squareof shaved grassthe greening part----------------------------Crow dive bombs my headscreeching with aplomb----------------------------Go back.. Go back home!
Fluttering…
Stepping off the ledgethe fledgling flutteredAnd sputtered and flewinto his new lifeOf soaring on the breezesin joy
Morning for a Change
Oblique light of dawnSpotlightsTulip festooned branchesbejeweled with sparkling dew----------------------------------Birds have been awakefor hoursTwittering and whistlingmaking their remarks---------------------------------Still, my mind...Full, my heart...
Rhythm of the Day
Fully in syncwith the rhythm of the dayHe flowed through the activitieson a joyous cloud of excitementRiding the thrill that used to be called fear