World Anew
A flight of crows silhouette the morning. Red skies to the east speak of coming rain though the air above is clear and blue as cold snaps the power lines. The old earth claws for purchase yet the turning reaches to the roots of trees, a new heaven poised over the horizon, beginning even now […]
Tending to the Birth
The comfort of peace salves the weary heart, restores the soul long absent from the green earth. Quietly we rise to the morning ever new, with words of thanks. Tending to the dark night’s birth we let the angel find room in the home we tend as place for the eternal. […]
Through the Dark Night
The valley lies in darkness, the earth pulsing with great mystery. Trees vibrate in this pulse as do the widespread seas. Deserts shift in waves, animals move in migration. On the outer rim the earth turns quickly while at the center there is stillness and a silence reaching through stone, sand and water. We may […]
Winter Solstice
Out of the unseen headlights crawl, carving darkness into makeshift pieces above the breathing earth. The bare branched trees drink from forgiveness in the wet rooted ground, the ceremony of renewal continuing below, gathering strength during long winter nights for the rising to come. […]
Time to Remember
Sun breaks far to the south barely surfacing on the horizon, the earth starved for light as solstice approaches. Forlorn as a whining motor the trudging path meanders, seeking any truth left in the crater of the godless. I recall her innocence, the pale green eyes and delicate skin inviting the surrender of my testament. […]
Signaling Grace
Rain clouds sift across the valley in the late days of autumn. Stripped bare like the plum tree I lean into the weather, welcoming the changes wrought once more on the yielding earth. The spreading fear of death crowds the space for life, yet around us the earth surrenders its green leaves and soft grass […]
Imagine Their Returning
Winter storms arrived lifting the sea, tearing through the tree tops. Funneled through opposing islands the channel winds sound their presence in a deep pulsing thrum. I linger within, relieved from the buffeting as tiny birds flit in the brush, gathering the last seeds and berries. I’ve put away what I can from the long […]
Shadow Dance
Green has turned to rust as November winds scour the island, baring the trees. Winter approaches yet I linger, hearing voices call from caves within the earth, their invitation to dream again and share the dark. With masks carved from bone, fires lit by ancient faith, they dance in slow circles, holding the earth. […]
Pale Blue
The sound of the tide on the ebb like a river. Gulls feeding, crows calling nearby. With only so many mornings to be alive, the sounds and smell of the sea bring joy. The earth has made a place for me, the wanderer. Thankful to the bone I reach out to the trees and flowing […]
Light that Lives
Awake in the early hours while the stony earth sleeps, I drop a line into the inner river, my bone hook baited with the scored flesh of faith, aching for another glimpse of the golden light that lives where darkness cannot reach. Reading of “Light […]
For Ray
We once were children, your playful face full of innocent humor. Everything was funny until it wasn’t, but when faced with the brick wall of who you were supposed to be, you cleared the way with the honesty of your choice and became the person you always were. The playful face returned, that smile to […]
Strengthened in Darkness
Bathed in dark I take to the forest with starlight above. A crescent moon brightens the sky as betrayals fade beneath the streetlights of home. I treasure the night, luxuriate in its beauty; resting like the sea between the flux of tides, the strength of darkness brings peace for the coming day. […]
Where the Timeless Waits
After the storm white and gray clouds drift lazily north beneath shafts of blue. The sea ripples with the rising sun in a light breeze, the soft awakening breathing easy after strong winds and sheets of rain. I open to the light like green moss shining, letting thought focus on the near distance, seeing through […]
Currency of the Earth
Autumn fog covers the sea, gray water quiet with barely a ripple. A lone seal fishes along the rock shore, a raven tears at his food. Glad to be hidden I stare at the water as dolphin arc in the tideline, gulls perch and wait; foghorns echoing the only sound. Moments of stillness precious as […]
Beneath Our Burdens
Veiling the mainland fog shrouds the distance rising in mist off the sun lit sea. Green moss sparkles on dew laden ground while the trees and steep roofs slowly drip. My heart rests like calm water, luxuriates like moss in the morning dew. I’ve shed my skin and speak with crows. Stones talk and I […]