Wanted:

Sustainable energy for

mind, body and soul.

Home, food and sleep preferred

“To deal with individual human needs 

at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.”

~ Jimmy Carter

Tending to Autumn

Tending to water, roots, weeds and leaves..

Planting bulbs and pruning, mulching and raking...

Hoses drained and tools tucked inside....

Cleaning up parks, yard and garden are autumn’s cool chores

Conserving earthen energy whether small gardens or large.

Gardens in spring will be lovely and fresh when soil and lawns are covered, bulbs and roots put to bed.

“The tints of autumn....a mighty flower garden blossoming

under the spell of the enchanter, frost.”

~ John Greenleaf Whittier

Distractions

Bright coins or bits of shiny foil

Sticky with sweetness and promise of good taste

Sitting to read - just a chapter....

(Dust bunnies waiting patiently for a new home)

Aromas of fading roses or bubbling stew

A quaint garden by the side of a road.

The glint of sun on a spider web strung wide in the yard

Sudden flight of birds like bits of paper flung sky high

Stray weeds marring cement where I walk.

Sight and sound, aroma and movement ask for attention

Tiny bits of energy, like coloured sparklers, quicken then fade.

“You can always find a distraction if you’re looking for one.”

~ Tom Kite

Pressured Energy

Shortened boxes of time 

Creep forward quickly

Empty into hearth and home

“I must govern the clock,

not be governed by it.”

~ Golda Meir

Monochrome Changes

Monochromatic in colour and theme

Pewter coloured water tinged with silver

Morning skies domed with hesitant clouds

Distant mountains pretend fading to black.

Wetly blackened ducks and otters write ripples away from each other

Crying seagulls of grey and white call out laments.

Slate grey ship rests in a foggy strait.

A lone white sail grasps weakly at misty sunlight.

Haughty greens, reds and orange-yellows paint land and tree.

Walkers and joggers cheerily echo along the asphalt grey path.

Balanced energy of stillness and motion.

“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life,

acknowledge the great powers around us and in us.”

~ Euripides

Adaptation ~ 2

Adaptation and change

not easy when all around seems familiar 

has become comfortably uncomfortable

faded horizons only distant potential

now seem out of reach.

Adaptation and change

in turbulent, violent situations

necessary for struggling survival

control of what has landed venomously

poison to the soul.

Adaptation and change

in the energy and potential of the moment

each foot steps forward til direction is changed

grinding grey habits are broken, 

reaching horizons of yesterday a possibility.

Adaptation and change

keeps at it’s core

comforts of colour, music and home

listening to the playful child within

skipping forward on each new adventure.

“The wise adapt themselves to circumstances,

as water moulds itself to the pitcher.”

~ Chinese Proverb