Be careful of the confident step The overloud voice that says You’re headed in the right direction Beware of the puffed chest The broad smile The straight line Clear picture No hesitation Left or right? Stop Please Listen Deeper Beware of the robust, the simply must! The superlative The hyperbole The ad speak ad nauseoum […]
I heard mention of the marathon monks of Tendai in a book I was reading last week-end and made a mental note to look them up A few days later and that mental post it fluttered down Reading today about the running monks here and their do or die challenge made me realise how easy […]
There are these voices That live in my head I’m not mad We all have them there Listen to them How do they sound? Are they male Or female? Also Are they familiar? Mine are I have my Dad Among others Exasperated In fact most of my inner critics Are male – I hear them […]
She said that she was hanging by a thread Find yourself a tree I said Some dirt Sit awhile Close your eyes And listen for the song of the ants Lifting several times their body weight They come Plying bitten off leaves The seeds of grass and flowers Working together Their communities are powerful They […]
There is a ghostly craft That floats Beyond the horizon Carrying the cargo Of all the choices I did not Could not Make The older we grow The more we unload Realising There is only one path we can walk this life And only so much we can carry Certain people, certain baggage So We […]
Mother Nature draws a deep breath Just before the sun peaks over the horizon The cold air rushes in Chasing the warmth away And for those minutes, as she takes her breath The quality of sound changes The birds are silent And then A shaft of light Strikes If I close my sun warmed lids […]
Lighting candles at dusk The crickets remind me Their chirping begins around that time too The light is soft outside Low in the sky I chop kindling Set a stack aside To take to the fire Offerings to the chimney Please start easily It usually does I have a system Two logs either side Paper […]
Horses Life forces Of their very own Intelligent Capable And if you win their respect Honour it As the great treasure it is *My father was a great horseman – he broke them in, used them for mustering, played polo from their backs and had a great respect for his four legged companions. My Grandfather’s […]
When jealousy alights on your shoulder And envy digs it’s claws in your chest Listen Because they are showing you your next step All too often these emotions are shown with a negative light Because they feel negative and can be toxic if not addressed maturely But if you slide the switch to the other […]
There is a place in the throat You can feel it when you swallow Words They form a clump Like a jar lid Keeping emotions inside Contained Be careful of the seal Things can go rotten in there Restraint is commendable But stomach acid does terrible Things To an inside that doesn’t ring true
