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
Tag: heart
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
Whispers of Walden
warm orange early morning sun wraps itself around one side of the birch trees who bathe blissfully in it's embrace outside my cabin. Birdsong floats ethereally across the sky and the leaves whisper a soft response. The land is alive and I too. Inner music sings my soul awake and my hearts peels back another … Continue reading Whispers of Walden
eggsistential
this egg at the centre of me it's beginning to crack i saw a tear drip from it yesterday fashioned from old pain falling it grew wings i saw hands reach outward only to turn and embrace the only heart they could truly hold submission for dVerse Quadrille hosted by … Continue reading eggsistential
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
Hiraeth
An eloquent write from Brendan at Real Toads provides us with a prompt entitled Home. Please red his soulful introduction below before moving on to my poem. As one who moved around a lot in his earlier decades, the eventual finding, making and sustaining a place I call home has resulted in the most productive … Continue reading Hiraeth