Why do we wish on dandelions Birthday candles Brief, delicate things that so easily disappear? Do we know then, that wishes are futile? Contretemps fought in the mind, outcomes turned over and over, like the forked breast bone of a chicken dragged away by ants But only after it has been pulled apart by the […]
We create busy We create it by following the thoughts in our heads. Like charismatic leaders they call to us and blindly, we run after them. Some are exciting, dramatic or inspiring. They tell us of things we want. Others are sad, anxious, fretful – they tell us if things we don’t want. There are […]
Life sits like an unopened present An invisible box that I daily circumnavigate Never opening Never revealing I give it a little shake sometimes Wonder what’s inside Yet like the celebratory treat a loved one has hidden, kept in store for me I’m never quite sure what to make of it – or some days […]
I’ve arrived home to star grass season. I call it star grass, but it’s actual name is Hairy Panic Grass, possibly due to the fact that the sight of this stuff burying everything induces a feeling that is indeed akin to hairy panic. Piles of feather light seed heads piled up against any barrier, fences, […]
This morning it is raining again The sea is whipped into frenzied foaming white capped horses that beat at the shore and trample everything in their path To enter the ocean is like walking into a stampede, and who would do that? Not me, I wander along the high ground looking out Relishing the soft […]
We all wish we could nail down an outcome the way that we most prefer it would turn out. I don’t like surprises. I’m a planner by nature but life doesn’t care how uncomfortable a lack of predictability makes me. I wondered in yesterdays post, if perhaps this was what 2022 was teaching us. Don’t […]
Let my voice be a melody Reverberating with the energy of light Not hate Let my eyes be gentle, a reflection of my soul in control Not my ego Let my actions generate peace Let all toxins be rebuffed and may I only move With love *wouldn’t that be great, if we could all be […]
What we aim for, we may achieve Or perhaps not The point is to strive I have had many things which I have tried and failed And many instances where I did not try hard enough And failed The difference to the level of my disappointment was equal to the amount of striving which I […]
It is a gift to let go of things you know are no longer yours to hold Clutch And cling to Things that burn your fingers, trouble the mind Those that unspool and rewind, repeating over and over It is a blessing to be able to stand clear of the small pile of unnecessary thoughts, […]
Have you ever had that moment where you are thinking about a person or a situation intensely, and then your perspective shifts and the whole floor of your internal conversation just drops away? Your argument is stolen on a puff of wind that exits the mid section, following what feels like a very real blow. […]
