When I Return from the Sea
From cathedrals below the sea dark images float up in the bellies of fish, devouring sunlight on the rippling surface before descending with color to undersea grottoes. One day they will rise and I will go down to visit the spires and vaulted stone arches, to suffer my thanks for the gifts of safe crossing. […]
Kiss of Peace
Filled with moonlight, I stand by the sea. Under shining stars the night’s dark embrace leaves the kiss of peace on my grizzled cheek. I scratch thanks on the morning tablet, to cheer my footsteps as I wander the miracle of life on earth. […]
Heron
With elegant wings heron carves the air above the tide. No combat or struggle, just thin bone and muscle leaving the image of a perfect feather drawn upon the sea. Reading of “Heron” with music by John McLaughlin
Round with Kindness
Gaia wears her gentle face on August days, light winds and sunlight cast in white gold upon the sea. Daring to be still I drink in quietness, wind and water easing my soul. Settled into stone by gravity’s embrace, the weight of time presses me down until like the earth I am round with kindness. […]
Still Beloved
No one is alone in the quiet of the world. The sky leans down, the broad sea opens and the forgiving earth holds your sorrow. Though you’ve traveled far, weary from so many miles, you are still beloved by Those who bring the sun and even now write your story in the book of life […]
Owl Voices
The sky darkens, stars brighten and owl voices call from the forest, the melody of their sound drawing me further into darkness. Starlight heightens the crunch of leaves as the night music leads me to another time of lighter footprints and earth undimmed. The tracks of those times nearly invisible except when owls call to […]
Majesty of the Sacred
The moon grows full shining on the bay a soft light that speaks of woman, the night alive with the power of distant stars. Life is quickening though chaos too often obscures the miracle. Stay on your spirit horse, this ride will take us far, healing old stories with the grace of forgiveness, while across […]
Loom of Earth and Sea
The sea tells its story in shimmering waves on this sunlit morning. Many come to ease their hearts and the earth receives them as mothers do in a place of return old as the mountains. Words of sorrow, words of joy, words of redemption and words of final peace. Each ending a beginning and each […]
All in One
In that first still moment when the sun rises casting light across the sea and leaves lift in soft breezes, the presence of God comes alive in the world. Rest in that grace, with the knowledge of the One in all and within your trembling heart the All in one. […]
Hunger Quenched
Returned to bird sounds and rustling grass, the morning quiet nurtures my soul. Glaciered mountains span the far horizon as the broad sea slowly moves in ebbing tide. I forget to remember what I’ve left behind and with hunger quenched by sweet beds of clover, I wrap myself in green world peace. […]
Alive in the Mystery
The sun rises and I rise, welcoming the light of summer’s warmth spread across the sea. I rest within layers of stone, take flight with sparrows, dream of dogs and weave word spells. I am healed and I am healer, no longer waiting for those who came before, alive in the mystery – a cape […]
Tear Another Page
There’s light in the distance where water shines though the island is buried under gray clouds beside a gunmetal sea. Years past the story goes we fell under the wings of a dark angel, so long ago we can’t remember original color or the taste of freedom. “You best be still and accept your fate” […]
Written Across the Sky
Light in the east carves an opening in the mass of clouds, checking the rain with a sign the storm may soon break. We will yet suffer, have to carry through this dark night, but in the end the sun will rise and we will find ourselves in sight of the green land. Noah will […]
Song of Life
I offer silence on the altar of the earth, preferring assurance to foolish talk. I’ve known confusion and lost the will to live, but found strength from voices beyond time, and in the blessings of the green world. Silence is not absence, rather the presence of a knowing in the flight of hummingbird, and the […]
Bell Without Sound
“We are masters of the universe” the cartoon heroes declare, “fighting for truth and justice.” Rabbits don’t seem impressed as they nibble away on the rain soaked grass. Outside the hall of mirrors I watch with the tide and wait upon the wind. Quietly my friend, let’s pick our way on the stone littered path […]