What makes one person   So much more important than the rest           Someone who excites you           Someone who entices you Someone who has all the qualities you're looking for    Or someone who catches you totally off guard                 Brings something new to you                       you never knew you wanted                               and now you can't live without    two versions … [Read more...]

Karma won't permit unwarranted promotion. The tests we fail this life will set the next in motion. … [Read more...]

A thin thread lies just out of reach. I noticed it yesterday when the winds came over the sea from across the iced landscape. Dangling with purpose, its motion set to keep balance with the vibration. I look out from this peak above the tree-line further up the slope passing through low-level clouds and into a charged atmosphere, a place forgetting about sea-level looking further beyond here where the spiritual and mystical are common-place and work constantly, surrounding … [Read more...]

We call the cardinal pair Carlo and Consuela. The scruffy cardinal babies, buff and almost-crimson, crests not quite triangular are Carlito and Consuelita. The squirrel with a lame back leg has a tail that always bends to the right, often belying his intended path. Nonetheless, his name is Right Turn Only. We don't name them to lay claim to them. Like parents, we name them in the hopes they'll return. … [Read more...]

She was learning about dreams studying Jung She told me If you're frightened of a bear ask yourself what message the bear is bringing The wolf's charcoal body bumped my right calf as it trotted down a pine-bordered path on a warm day in my subconscious I didn't need to ask what the wolf's message was I was just happy for the visit … [Read more...]

The truth burns inside me As though it were lies That's the thing about abuse It has its own life Your life Is its life But no one sees it Save you And you walk about All normal Until Something random happens A child cries A song plays Someone touches you Just so And the cells of your body cringe Or quail Or cower quietly As you dissolve inside Your hidden truth Exposed But only to you Wondering where does your truth lie When you've been told your truth is lies … [Read more...]

The trouble with evolving Is that it changes everything. Each step into freedom tugs at A masterpiece I built for safety -- Those pet defenses I never leave home without Lest I feel naked. Walls quiver and shake Too confined, too cramped, too stuffy Is the space that was once my refuge Threatening to leave me homeless. In the void beside the sea of the unknown I hear a calling to step in and take the ride. Okay, I say, but I'll wait here on shore 'Til the boat comes by. There … [Read more...]