Saturday, July 31, 2021

The Magnolia Tree


 

Soft weather-beaten flowers

which may once have bloomed 

to greet the Spring

now show

 the strain of everything

so in this winter of letting go

these glorious petals float like snow.

 

As they fade naturally

 seasons come and seasons go

 so small birds sing a lullaby

beneath the cloudy sky.


Magnolia Tree persevering

 on this winter's day, July 30, 2021


Saturday, July 17, 2021

Poet's Heart


 

We live in a world

 torn between

wanting to listen

to the sound of a flower growing

and wanting to ignore

the sound of the sky falling.

 

By sometimes being sensitive 

enough to the first process

we acquire the energy necessary

to prevent the second.

 

 - Author unknown -

 


Monday, July 5, 2021

This Precious Flowering Tree

This precious tree
 has grown since last century
with leaves
 that leave in the breeze
as golden flowers will 
and always do
waft heavenly all-spice
 fragrance through 
to all souls who
shine their warmth
 in every season
sharing grace to
 inspire believing.
 

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Courage To Continue


I felt woven into a cocoon,
as the smoke-blue linen threads
were humming a familiar tune
around the lucid words I heard,
repeating every few minutes
as a clouded memory came
with each different name.


"Courage to Continue"
 
"Courage to Continue,
courage to continue,
courage to continue,
 
 
when we
 step forward again
releasing old pain
the silver lining shines,
so our losses all soften 
as the sky above
 paints a picture of Love.
 


 

Meeting Grace


 

You saw the cloudy sky

I saw the pale lagoon.

You saw the moon.

 

Shift

the lonely sense of secret.

Meet it.

Open your eyes and smile.

 

A torchlight in the dark.

A blue light in my heart.

 

I see

 the song to belong 

and you see

the harmony of me.