Fairy Bells Ring

You write your verses

as the flowers call

and there are some you write

to share with all.

You’ll know which ones,

you’ll wait for more

but ripples ripple

and bells do ring

and the time is now

for all hearts to sing.

Express yourself and freely move,

let clarity and focus come

and share the work you have begun.

What you have

and what comes to you

is wonderful, beautiful

and special it’s true.

So we would like you to

ring more bells, and carry through

release more verses,

be free to fly

and ‘listen to flowers’ as you walk by.

Keep believing

you’ll be ‘receiving’

all you ever need and more

love and joy will fill your well

and in ‘keeping open’

your time will tell,

your heart will fill with rainbow light

and healing happens every night.

Keep the faith, the trust,

the empathy

and you’ll be singing happily.

(Written with Kolkwitzia amabilis, (Chinese Beauty Bush), displaying spicily fragrant masses of pale pink trumpet flowers)

Cherishing your beauty

As I look at you

I know

I believe you are

here to grow,

and as is true of natural things,

there is a depth

your beauty brings.

There is richness in the view

I enjoy immensely

when I look at you.

A story there

in your beautiful colour

the iridescent of your red,

your golden heart

so visible to

all of us

who look at you.

And all those years

you stayed in place

when the common Elm tree

took your space,

your light, moisture and sunshine

and yet you are

just so divine.

Years and years of staying there

and then they made a parking lot,

the Elm tree went,

the ‘big rains’ came

and your Deva is dancing again.

What I see

when I look at you

is how ‘surrender’  guides us through

some big challenges along the way

and yet, in the mist today

now here you are,

my cherished, Camellia.

(Written on August 11, 2013 in the misty morning with a single red Camellia)

Earth to Sky

I like being a dandelion

I like to see your wishes flying.

I am filled with seeds born to glide

and bonded together

then off they fly as light as feathers.

And so today, I am here to say

he didn’t know any other way……..

Deep within

he loved you dearly

and tried to show his love

but never clearly.

And then he was gone

when it all looked like turning,

the bonding was there

and the wall with the writing,

but a massive collapse

was indeed very frightening.

So over there on the other side

he knows

his life was a roller-coaster ride,

and to his loved ones, young and old

his life has passed

his story told.

But to you dear soul

he wants to say

“You can change it. Go another way.

Guide the ones who live in fear,

show a way, and make it clear”

There comes a time in all our lives

when we take the strides,

we set the pace

and blessings come

and they replace

all the pain that ever was

so freedom lets us be

as seeds lifted in the breeze

floating along with destiny.

So bloom within

and upwards go,

smaller to taller

and make a good show,

then go with the wind

as four directions blow

leave the past

and be free at last.

Earth to earth, earth to sky

what a dream flying high.

(Written  with a dandelion fruiting head of pappus. O’clock what is the time? Taraxacum officinale Asteraceae)

Well hello dear flower

Well hello dear flower

my joy is true

to see your first bloom

blossoming true.

The sweet fragrance

draws me closer

and I love to know

there’s more to come

to lighten my garden

and brighten me

you are for sure

a joy to see.

So on this mild clear autumn day

I wonder what next

you have to say……

as I sit outdoors

with my lovely old friend

enjoying the sunshine

and happy to spend

ten minutes or so

listening to birds

and I even thought

I heard

a ladybird come closer to me

and say “you know,

yes you see,

that all of nature

has ways to be

to follow in the code of cells

and no-one says,

and no-one tells

it’s just a pattern truly born

and guidance leads

the daily plan,

we do,

what you know is true,

and never wonder

what tomorrow brings

we eat the thrips

or flutter our wings

and on we go

flower to flower,

or plant, or mulch

or whatever’s next.”

Just keep on going

you’ll know where,

the answer comes

minute to minute

so faithfully be in your life

with joy and song

yes, every being does belong.