My mind is always racing, bouncing from one ponderance to another. I roam the expanses of my consciousness, searching, asking, hoping, wanting. All the while arriving nowhere? Everywhere, all at once? The rhythmic hum of rain, drumming softly on my window pane, the only interruption in my reverie. Wistful wondering, lazy afternoons, stuck in aContinue reading “Spring, Slowly”
Category Archives: nature
Soft Spring
Grey uninspired daysTesting the limitsof my patienceSoft whispers of rainkeep me groundedWatching her wakereturn to lifeI too am filledDesire for lifeslips across my skinSpring comes alivefinding me waitingimpatient unfocusedhope in my heart
love letter to earth
Leaves rustling in the breezeNature’s wind chimesClose your eyesLet the magic of earth transport youSounds heard across centuriesA beautiful shared symphony
August
August fades fastFast as she cameTender moments bathed in amber glowand still I standHolding steadyBasking in her warm gloryOne more dayor twoor fiveLucky there are AugustsAfter all
Tsunami Season
She is unforgiving She is hungry She rises up with the clouds Preparing to crash back down Clawing everything back with her inky tendrils Angry, she thrashes Before her descent into madness You can’t outrun this vicious fate If you lie in her way All are the same in her clutches Just as she came she flees back out Rage appeased from her feedRetreatingContinue reading “Tsunami Season”
september
There’s a certain hope that comes in autumn , the wild wicked summer air dissipates and makes way for something calmer, something cosier. Not necessarily safe, but comforting. I ease in to the cool crisp air and sigh as I watch the leaves around me start to tinge with muted orange, playful yellows and boldContinue reading “september”
Running
I am constantly running from endingsthe gripping fear that things will changethe fear that they won’t.Sometimes the moment feels so comfortableI just want to sit and bathe in the solaceHow do I slow down timeher liquid curves sometimes like honey,other times like waterand I am but awash in her currentgrasping at sticks stuck in theContinue reading “Running”
Gone Fishin’
The early morning sun danced on my skin as I took in the serene stage nature had created for me. Earlier this year, when winter still lingered and I had first moved to town, I passed the time by exploring the local parks and rivers near by, scoping out the perfect spot to sunbathe onceContinue reading “Gone Fishin’”
Spring Symphony
Ah! what soft heart does spring make of me how joy and wonder come back the second the temperature tips above ten degreesthe way I could spend hours spinning around the grasswhispering wishes to bees that drink from dandelionsa reminder that nature is in harmony, that she wastes notand here I am amidst it allsparklingContinue reading “Spring Symphony”
little things
It’s funny,how we learn to appreciate the little thingsyou know, how the sky still has a tinge of light at 5:33and you smile to yourselfmaybe even feel that shiver of electricity run through your veinsthe whisper of warmer weather calls to youand suddenly the bitter cold winters seem bearablethere’s pleasures to be had ahead.