Held to the Mystery
Slack tide seas mope about, then silence falls, a welcome blanket. The lure of deep water and gathering night held to the mystery I kneel to taste at the earth altar. Reading of “Held to the Mystery” with music by Maryliz Smith
Eye to Eye
Sitting quiet, thoughts flow with the tide, nameless waters broad to the horizon, lift and fall. Iris rise in spring sun, their color purple, as I study the depths of moss and April flower, shortening my sight to the near at hand, eye to eye with the Creator. […]
Evening Quiet
Silent as the earth I match her pace, steady and serene in evening quiet. Why conjure problems while swallows perform, the world bathed in light? Reading of “Evening Quiet”
Dark Night Beauty
Dark night beauty, densely clouded skies, rain showering the metal roof. I rest in this comfort, alien to bright lights, discordant sound, retreat to where grasses wave, leaves speak in trees. From this borderland I broadcast to the animal within you, wild for the wind and sea. If you hear me, signal the stars with […]
Druids Signal
Hidden by the noise the druids signal, messages of rebirth within chaos. From the dark night forest and fortresses of grace, on hummingbird wings and raven’s croak their signal rises, drawing up spring beauty to shock the world into consciousness. […]
Water on Stone
Tracking my years like water on stone, drip.. drip.. drip.. the hardest places dissolve to sand as stone opens to the light beyond. Reading of “Water on Stone” with music by Frank Zappa
Easter
Bring me day in sunlit glory, vital earth and flowing tide. Bring me night, moonlit haunting, cry of owls and stars in flight. Bring me peace to heal the soul, balm of silence soothe my heart. Bring me life beyond all faith, your gift dear One in morning light. […]
Dark Comfort
Warm before the fire I watch trees flower and gray valley skies soften in growing light. Neither cold nor hot in the changing time, winter clings to mountain slopes, lowlands burgeon with the weight of color. Willows lend courage as red birds call to leave dark comfort and rise in earth glory. […]
Choirs of Earth
Pulled from the morass, I see evergreens in the distance and messages of earth alive in fading blooms of the plum. Quiet before the mystery, I hear voices behind the clouds, light shimmering in the soft breaks of morning. With few years left, I carve prayers of thanks on stone faces of the unforgiving, for […]
Give Your Hand
Quiet the restless mind, still the surge of emotion. Let this hour belong to the One who grants the gift. Leave the drunkards at their bar, your hand given to the Beloved. Reading of “Give Your Hand” with music by […]
Close Enough
Slow to awaken, slow to follow bear from winter’s cave, as redbuds leaf and plum trees flower the deep earth signal. Hungry for light I stagger into the morning, repentance on my mind. Wandering beneath the flowering trees, bathed in forgiveness, I hear the far off calling but right here I’m close enough to God. […]
Armies of the Angel
Dragons of the defiled mind roar against spring tree flowers, breathe fire upon the sleeping. Death, death it is their horrid voices croak, as mountain rivers melt in rushing floods. Yet even as waters boil, from deep within the earth armies of the angel arise, trumpeting symphonies of the apocalypse. […]
Secrets of the Dawn
The slow light of morning slips into awakening with secrets of the dawn, of silence stored in mountain caves lined with walls of ice, flowing now like a river in the rise of springtime song. Reading of “Secrets of the Dawn” with music by […]
Slow Down
When snow covers the valley the time is here to slow down, to let earth’s winter rhythm seep into the deep-celled longing of the body for peace and a place of home within the great silence. Reading of “Slow Down” with music by […]
The Hidden Stone
I shelter with trees below cold wet ground, what’s left above leafless, without color. Burrowing in soft earth, I find roots of peace woven to the hidden stone, birthplace of beauty. There She holds me, child in Her lap, cradled once again in Her undying Eden. […]