Full moon Obscured by wind blown clouds I stand watching What shakes trees Rattles the sheets of iron on the roof Scatters my yoga mat Off the deck Unfurled like a tongue Stopped mid sentence It hits a wall I stretch taller My feet planted on the floor The clouds part My heart yawns and […]
The smell of pencil shavings Soft wooden curls lined with graphite The sharpener whirrs I blow on the blade Dust floats to the bin Tools made sharper I sit again The example is before me The rest makes sense I draw the lines Stitching neurons in my head The satisfaction of making sense Is a […]
To rise before the sun, run before the day has begun. A poem that heeds the pull of instinct over materialism and, in doing so, aligns with integrity and finds freedom from everyday constraints.
Happiness is a dog I feed Clicking my fingers saying “Come on“ “Come here“ In the evening breeze I stroke its soft fur And peace ripples through me Anxiety is a monster that I feed I twine my fingers restlessly “Come here“ “Come here“ I add to it with dire thoughts and panic particles arise […]
I wake to a grey morning And run Because if consistency is the greater part of art It is also the greater part of health Mental And physical The bird on the power pole sings It knows it is dawn That the sun is merely hiding behind clouds And there is reason to sing For […]
The wind reaches into every corner Lifting and shifting Whining and whistling Stirring up dust that eddies in the sky Blows up the road, blows in the eyes Not very pleasant. It’s tracking from the north Sure sign of rain coming I’ve piled up the firewood in the space beside the hearth There’s enough for […]
The freedom to think naturally Move easily To let emotions come and go Without being trapped in their snare nor beguiled by thoughts and cravings. To let others simply be and it all occur. Held by the structure that Is self designed installed and embraced daily. I don’t even have to think about it anymore […]
I’ve been pottering in my vegetable and herb garden this morning. I find it peaceful and inspiring. The bright green, in different shades and textures, there is some red, some splashes of yellow. My vintage tomato bush is like a pregnant mother; I anxiously watch tiny tomatoes’ clusters change from green to purple. Purple! I […]
Ever had the sensation where your mind won’t shut up, but you need to go to sleep, but it won’t shut up, and you toss and turn, and the hours tick away and the more you yearn for sleep, the more things your mind keeps coming up with, to keep you awake. Last night, as […]
Everything that we are exists in the present moment Uncomfortable with our limitations we run Into the bottle The thin white line Of roads or drugs or shopping carts Empty boxes And empty hands Burning Ashes to ashes Dust to dust A life spent outside of ourselves is never enough When a decision is made […]
