Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Space from emptiness...

I cuddle close to a body that isn't here

I reach for an essence, a space filled with everything

Except the physical manifestation


I make conversation, small mouth noises

Filling silence with one sided conversations in which

The answers are present, but unspoken.  


Plants grow, and are a testament that the empty spaces are not empty. 

What is felt is not emptiness, but "space".  

Space that can be filled with the goodness and love that this life promises. 



Thursday, January 14, 2016

Snow globes...


Down a long winding forest road, as the new moon starts to rise

I find my way home, following just the stars in the skies.

Quiet forest sounds, whisper softly in the ear.  Lightly, like music

To a traveler’s soul, promising warmth, love and magic.

Glowing light in the distance grows closer as night falls deeper

Shrinking the world in which a solitary traveler

Blocks out the noise of the outside world, releasing the journey

In exchange for rich experience, for life and beauty.

 

Smells of pine, and moss, and forest leaves mingling in the senses.

Sky for roof, earth for bed, trees for walls and shrubs for fences

A soft lover’s kiss, a smile and warm embrace, all welcome home

One who wonders, but is not lost.  Is one, but not alone.

The traveler steps into the light and it envelopes all,

A world like a snow globe, insular, self contained and small.

Love, rest for the soul, all travelers the stay prolonging. 

The act of coming home, sweet contentment in belonging.