Friday, July 25, 2025

When did her life begin

 

 


 

When did her life begin…

 

….with the shy, little blonde girl in photos

captured of moments she cannot recall,

 

with the confused teen, who didn’t belong,

who tried to fit herself into friendships that didn’t resonate,

and situations she did not understand?

 

 with the young woman in a grown-up world

who built her worth on the compliments of people

and achievements valued by society,

yet left her alone and lost in the dark of night,

 

with being a first-time mother of a son

who awoke an overwhelming feeling to protect him

against every pain, guilt and shame she had ever felt,

 

with the tormented, sinking soul,

who numbed every feeling and emotion,

hoping for the rewards and happiness

promised by the teachings of this world,

 

with the suffering and tortured being

who searched behind every closed door of her mind,

reliving every painful memory over and over again

in a seemingly endless spiraling staircase without light?

 

….with the tentative woman

who finally felt solid ground underfoot,

alone in the wilderness, naked, bare, jaded and dented,

 

who smiled her first smile with a head of silver hair,

standing on green, fertile farmlands,

living by her inner knowing and her spoken truths,

accepting of the gifts the universe bestowed on her,

with the confidence granted only by the passage of time?

 

When did her life begin?

 

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Shadows

 





The candlelight glows
as in times very old,
forgotten the secrets
once alive, now untold,
I have passed through the darkness,
my mem’ries it veiled,
brought heartache and tears
as my soul I then failed,
I was brought to my knees
by sadness and tears,
but the lessons needed learning
to release all my fears.


My shadows now live
side by side with my light,
acknowledged and heard,
they no longer need fight,
my soul is at peace
as I now know my self,
the true open book
that is me, that’s my life.



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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The Forgotten Kingdom

 



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Through an archway of rambling pink and white roses,

on a mountainside far away where time has been frozen,

you can enter a kingdom of green rolling hills,

with air so fresh, where your dreams your heart fills,

of joyous laughter with each dancing step,

your freedom awaits if you it so let…


Your gaze fills with visions as true magic unfolds,

long forgotten tales woven through tree branches old,

gurgling brooks singing songs to which your soul knows the words,

and butterfly wings tickle senses you’ve lost and unlearnt.


Come with me to this land that exists and is true,

where the air is warm and the sky oh so blue,

where the half moon you sprinkles with its silvery dust,

where you glow in your faith as you should and you must.


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Friday, July 11, 2025

There is a storm

 




The raging wind,

pelting down sheets of rain onto the earth,

ruffling the feathers

of the ducks, hunkering down low to the ground,

seeking protection

from the icy cold, the grip of the storm,


that shows no mercy, not to beast, man, plant or tree…


The storm awakens a raging

deep inside,

disturbed by the howls of the wind,

by the trees screaming in protest,

the mist clouding vision,

the rain dousing calm,

the cold freezing motion,

and the dampened light 

keeping me stuck in its midst.


So I turn my back to nature,

to the windows, the sights my eyes behold.

I am drawn to the flames,

dancing in the updraft,

to the warmth radiating forth

from the black cast iron,

I move closer and closer to its reach,

to the company of the creatures

lying prone around this warmth,

and join their comforting embrace,

listen only to the purr and the crackling fire

and the sounds of contented sighs.


The world outside does not exist,

the chaos, the storm,

no longer can touch me,

I am safe in the arms of love

and the stillness deep within my soul.


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