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Tag Archives: light
Illusion
I knew the scar was coming and after three opinions, the surgeon was chosen with care, this one less cavalier, instilling a quiet hope that I might still recognize the face in the mirror. As the shiny scalpel cut away … Continue reading
Seven Directions
I find myself in quiet corners capturing wayward lines on discarded napkins or random library slips, realizing there is magic to corral and wrestle upon the blank space – the image of a modern day Pan playing his flute upon the … Continue reading
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Tagged ash, beach, black hearts, direction, enchantment, flute, lies, light, magic, Pan, poetry, revelation, seeking, spells, truth, writing
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Deep Water
I find myself in deeper water lately no longer on the shore, bare toes finding purchase upon cool sand, instead I’m treading luminous blue hoping with each breath that I don’t drown. Drown among the slippery tendrils of seaweed in colours of … Continue reading
Maelstrom
There’s a collective storm brewing the likes of which we’ve never seen. Words that whispered through our minds are on news feeds for all the world to hear. The cacophony cuts like a knife, interrupting peaceful dreams and guiltless sleep, … Continue reading
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Tagged eternal, eye of the storm, forest, hope, light, nature, news feeds, noise, peace, refuge, storm, sunset, Tower of Babel, world, worry
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The Fall
We are among the fallen, both human born and heaven wrought, the ones who chose to be gods instead of children. Sentenced to wait for the light between the seasons of abundance and loss we find ourselves on this long … Continue reading
November Reverie
“Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.” – Ronald Reagan November is the month that usually chases us down to Mexico, we begin to miss the warmth of the sun as the autumn rains begin to blanket … Continue reading
Surfacing
“ The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” – Henry Miller As I move through the apartment these days I’m aware that the light outside is changing – … Continue reading
Terra Firma
It is gravity that keeps me here among the summer browned grass and tangled gardens, the still sharp scent of green and ocean blue in the air. Keeps me to the well-worn forest paths with the ancient voices of raven … Continue reading
Prophecy
An ancient curse, let loose with words both blood borne and forged in fire, leaving us earthbound, heaven-blind to endlessly unlock the mysteries one light-filled moment at a time.
Holiday Field Notes
“ The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green that it looked a perfect grove, from every part of which bright gleaming berries glistened. The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe and ivy reflected back the light, as if so … Continue reading
