life's losses are woven together like seeds on a thread of grief that circles your heart each one a compassionate friend whose soft lament whispers a song of soul to remind you that your growing pains birthed a beautiful wisdom tree that stands rooted in the fertiliser of your wondrous life
Category: Love
The Weaver
when life conspires to throw you into the liminal space occupying that window bounded by the no longer and the not yet your senses switch to full alert sight sharpens sound permeates all vibrational frequencies play in the spaces in between you smell blossoms from centuries ago and different continents to the one your feet … Continue reading The Weaver
snow joke
here i am still and centered and calm all is perfect until the world tilts and shakes and a blizzard of love tumbles from the sky obscuring what was with its mystic crystal snow-flakery i am taken apart my heart cracking open old and over used in service of everyone … Continue reading snow joke
Letting Go
"The Pain shows you what is left to investigate." Byron Katie I can’t let you go- because in reality- you are not mine to let go of – You are You- And being the most wonderful version of you that you can … Continue reading Letting Go
free(fall)
You don't walk out of a marriage unless you got faith. In yourself. In the soul mate who called you. I had faith oozing out of my pores. There was no question that this was the right thing to do. It was the most difficult decision I ever made telling my wife and children I … Continue reading free(fall)
torn
i love you both options are appealing to an open heart flutter by shootings are common in the realm of the corpuscle this chemistry bonds souls bristling skin's silky hair reminds me of the fear of love an arrow pointed at my self precursing the coming of the pain measured wound open but yet healed … Continue reading torn
look less leaps
how many times have i leapt and landed bruised and broken how many times did the siren's song pound my heart onto the smashing rocks how many times did i swerve from the realisation that I am the only true keeper of my heart submission for dVerse Quadrille #47
H(ow)
How to breathe in more breath than you can hold how to stop the bliss from s p i l l ing into sacred night and dancing like an enchanted imp who has found gold how to be more than you could ever dream you could be how to stretch … Continue reading H(ow)
Music Medicine
grieving for that which i had let go of and never knew i had let go of until now grieving for time i cannot get back as i never knew i had given it away until now grieving for a dream that somehow could have been but was not … Continue reading Music Medicine
in/out
borne on the wind of a waft of butterfly wing or wrenched from the heart of loss love's crucible is breath or lack of it Sanaa is prompting today at Real Toads offering up a poem by Carol Ann Duffy as inspiration. You can read the poem … Continue reading in/out