River stones
Riverstones Behold the beauty of river stones, These elements smooth as eggs. Just so does friendship mold our souls, Edges slowly rounded in the wash of time. Small separate words, events, places, hugs Make up the stream, but behold! The…
The Fog
It is a day like any other, though I woke up feeling different. Stirred, shaken, uneasy. . . disrupted somehow, though my mind cannot measure or make sense of this disturbance. As I move through the hours, I encounter frayed…
Growing Contentment
Sewing seeds contented, In the garden of my heart, Gives me reassurance, That love will do its part. To invest in ‘All Is Well’-ness, Is a choice beyond my fear, A firmly laid foundation, For all that I hold dear.…
Promise
Can you sense the promise while enduring a time of hardship? I am currently enveloped in a stress-laden, iron-gray cloud of challenges as vowed caretaker of my beloved partner with his advancing Parkinson’s, as primary breadwinner while most of my…
Home, Sweet, Home
Here I am… open, present, inviting connection. All is quiet in my world, my solitude a welcome oasis. Here I allow my body and mind to rest. Here I listen to the whispers beyond the hush. Here I let love…
Seeking Tenderness
Where are you, Tender One? I am looking for you and I sense you near, Calling you closer, Though it seems you are hesitant to show yourself. I understand. I know you have shown yourself many times only To be…
New Eyes
I seek to see the world around me with new eyes. Help me to expand my perception with the gifts of mercy, discernment, and hope. Encourage me to look for love and beauty in places where they may not seem…
The Twins
I call these two stately palm friends ‘The Twins’. They live down the street from me. The azure sky and marshmallow clouds drew me to them as I ventured out on my early evening stroll. I asked Father Sky to…
Daughter Song
When you were born my wish came true And you transformed my precious world, For though the boys brought treasure new You became my favorite girl. There’s something mythic in your eyes, In hair so straight it shuns a curl;…
Sister-Mother Songs.
Sing to me, Sister Moon and Mother Ocean. . . songs of the New World. Of dreaming that spans between heaven and earth, day and night, here and there, you and me, this and that, us and them. Sing to…
