Enough
Worthiness Is . . . intertwined with the sovereign truth of our dignity embodied, its origins divinely seeded into human Being. It reminds us that we are sacred in nature and loved abidingly, without uttering a word or lifting a…
On a Long and Cherished Friendship
Stack the still photos of creation: The infant cooling earth, receding seas, Tectonic inches, eruptions, upward plateaus Pushing and sculpting canyons deep Then reduced to feldspar, shards and sand. Stack the still shots of evolution: The yearning mindless cell, The…
Father Love Today
Daddy Dear, I remember you Your funny ways Made us laugh for days, Your private pain I never knew. To recall you now Through my heart-mind’s eye, I see more of the guy Than my youth would allow. A mystery…
Feel the Hug
Dragonfly dips, swallow soars, Centipede skims the Asian earth. Curiosity and smiles surprise us Like welcome mats. Between us, music is a wide jade river, A wide strong river. Our separate words, Swept on ancient currents, Drift like fallen leaves.…
Be My Guest
Sit down at my table And know that you are welcome Let your skin and bones settle In a place of warmth and comfort Where nourishment abounds And medicine comes in many forms Sit down at my table And know…
Laughter From Your Truest Self
(To Gail, whose laughter sets mine loose, with love) Look at you, Who entwines today’s happy vision With a myrrhic history of the wounded child. O seamless life! O clever evolution! This is no small migration That dwarfs the geese,…
Uphill
A flight of prisms Tears unstuck Where youth is going Ends in gold Childhood was a landscape These are our best years Let us be mountains of rainbows and bliss Let our embraces be immortal From this day on
Everyone Needs a Friend Like This
She has a shoreline smile Below wheatfield hair, A crescent of white land For shipwrecked hearts. Like a bow, she’ll draw you Over the strings–no matter If you’re in good tune– Until you can hear what she hears That’s sweet…
Proof Of Angels
In this material world there are countless moments when proof of angels becomes so clear it cannot be denied. Angels take many forms both seen and unseen their divine nature is to serve and guide souls on their way asking…
© 2020 Gail Barrie
