The search for peace Is a long hard road Chasms of exhaustion Mountains That touch the sky Walk Pffft, rather trudge, their ranges If you dare Striving to ascertain the intangible high Of peace Certainty But up a mountainside in my mind one day There was a window in the rock I peered through And […]
In the depths of fear A seed lies dormant waiting Courage grows straight up *I am packing for my trip, hiking alone in the spectacular but remote Carnarvon Gorge great walk. I’ve done it before, but always the nag and whine of “what if’s” circle in the days before I go. Courage does not do […]
My shadow is stitched to my foot All that is black and self defeating All the rot Follows me I could cut it off, but then I would never know where it is hiding It could spring from the trees on a perfect summers evening And ambush my feelings Bring me low A lightening blow […]
Moving higher Changes perspective Problems dissolve Evolving into sweat beads that run down my back The conversation of those below falls away as I climb faster, higher Arriving sooner, a brief moment of peace and tranquility Alas, the beauty of this place draws others, even this early in the day A noisy group chatters over […]
I hear your click clack feet across the deck A curious small face peers at me I smile back Am I in your world, or are you in mine? For both of our sakes I hope I’m in yours *hiking and staying in a national park in the coastal hinterland this week-end. I prefer the […]
It is raining like a rag squeezed hard Big drops and dollops Softening eventually into intermittent showers Beneath these timorous sounds lies the nightly conversation of insects I wonder what they say, do they talk to each other or nature itself? Where does nature begin and end? We humans seem to separate ourselves from it, […]
There is something timeless about nature Unflappably effortlessly implacable We look into it and feel our hearts slow down a beat Watch a flock of birds circle Even in the busy city streets With honking cars And busy feet The clouds drift gently above A breeze dries the sweat on my cheek And she saves […]
Broken branch, leaves turning russet as they shrivel and die It lies barely a foot from the mother source from which it has fallen A tall healthy tree, swaying in the breeze I guess we all need our roots to breathe Some humans are not so very different What to hold onto And what to […]
Whenever life leans in Crushing Turmoil Strain Remember The dignity of the tall gum tree The ageless serenity of the gorge Cliffs of towering power The sheer beauty inherent in nature Enfolded in a flower Remember the songs of birds The sigh of wind Trees sifting energy Releasing it in leaves that fall to the […]
If you watch the sunset with a glass of wine You disappear into the wine But if instead you sit with empty hands And a clear gaze You fall into the clouds as they change From gold To pink And back again Sighing in the blue light When the shows over Dust the pants off […]
