Alone with
my thoughts
that swirl,
dip and dive
I am comforted
when
they shuffle
and regroup
like a puzzle
coming into focus.
Letting them play
their games in my head,
I can choose
which to keep and
which will serve
me in this life.
“The best thinking has been done in solitude.”
~ Thomas Edison
Each tiny life
Clings
Grows
Unfurls
Becomes one
Of the many
In the beginning
Delicate and precious
“Life is a series of tiny miracles.”
~ Mike Greenberg, radio host
(From A-Z Quotes)
Petals strewn upon the wind
Too frail to stay upon the tree
Winds wild, hot and dry
Fade colour from bright to pale
Pink drifts on the world below
Gather softly in curbs and corners
While the tree flowers still
Thro’ morning, noon and night.
“Flowers whisper ‘beauty’ to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall.”
~ Dr. Sunwolf
“When life begins
feeling too distant,
When, unknowingly,
distances lengthen
Gaps form and
waver all around……”
Gaps are invisible
but filled with our lives
Distance is felt when,
from the blue, a note arrives
Then we know…..
how long it has been.
“Distance was a dangerous thing, she knew. Distance changed people.”
~ Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
Author’s Note: the first three stanza’s were penned by one of my characters (Dez) from Episode 130 of Situationally Theirs. It is a story of two sisters that I wrote throughout the COVID 19 pandemic.
Come with me and
Listen to a story
Of birds and trees
And bumblebees
Of children dancing
In the rain
And the love of
kittens and of dogs
Of kitchen tables full of food,
Of laughter and of love
And all these things
Go round the world
With different songs
Afnd dress and voice.
We live, we love, we cry
No matter where we live.
“Stories are important, the monster said. They can be
more important than anything. If they carry the truth.”
~ Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
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| Vancouver May 2015 |
Walking lets me stay
under the broad sky
cloudy or clear.
Walking lets me feel
the rain on my face,
a snow flake on my nose,
the wind combing my hair
Walking lets me feel
the world of nature all around
whether city or on the land.
Walking lets me move a body
that is part of nature
stiffened with the decades
but still walks a good clip
walking has been my life
from morn til night
in my home or in the world
“Above all do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself
into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness;”
~ Søren Kierkegaard
Layers
Not for a cake
each layer a story of life
a story of minutes,
days, perhaps decades.
Spilled milk
accolades
achievements
failures and
taking risks
Climbing
out of the muck
swimming
in clear or stormy waters.
Tracing the dust beneath your feet.
“Live in the layers not on the litter.”
~ Stanley Kunitz
