Nature offers many teachers
From Heron I learned
The peace of stillness
From Heron I learned
The peace of stillness
Clarity
Most days
Cloud obscures the sun
Wind unsettles the landscape
Rain douses the spirit
Cloud obscures the sun
Wind unsettles the landscape
Rain douses the spirit
On such days
I strive for clarity
For the deepest answers
For the deepest questions
For the deepest experience
River Dreams
In a land made white
By winterfall
A river blue
Runs right through
By winterfall
A river blue
Runs right through
And carries dreams
From valleys high
They tumble down
Right by my side
And gather in
The pools below
So deep and cold
In eddies slow
Reflections
Until my mind
Is clear, calm and still
I will always be lost
In my reflections
Is clear, calm and still
I will always be lost
In my reflections
Where the Land Meets the Sky
Where the land meets the sky
Between the heavens and the sea
I fly free as a gull
On the shifting breeze
Between the heavens and the sea
I fly free as a gull
On the shifting breeze
Intertwined ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #69
Where the clouds intertwine
With the mountains
And the trees
Until the sky becomes
Part of the land
Distinct but inseparable
With the mountains
And the trees
Until the sky becomes
Part of the land
Distinct but inseparable
Reminds me how
Your love for me
Becomes a part of me
And my love for you
Becomes a part of you
Balance and a Friendly Light
I find balance
In a complex sky
Above a simple sea
In a complex sky
Above a simple sea
I find my way
Through the narrow channel
Guided by a friendly light
Frost on Lichen on Granite
I wish for the solidness of rock
The stolidness of stone
Like the lichen clings to granite
Like the frost adheres to lichen
The stolidness of stone
Like the lichen clings to granite
Like the frost adheres to lichen
But the cold wind soon enough warms
While all life passes in time
And even the granite
Breaks down to pebbles
Then sand, then dust
Lifted by the wind
The Subtler Shades of Amber
There is a lustre
To a calm, late afternoon
On a quiet shore
While the tourists
Hurry by
On their way
North to snowy mountains
South to towers and lights
Leaving me here
In peaceful countenance
With the sun about to set
Beyond the gentle sea
While contemplating
The subtler shades of amber
Playing on the shrouded grey sky
To a calm, late afternoon
On a quiet shore
While the tourists
Hurry by
On their way
North to snowy mountains
South to towers and lights
Leaving me here
In peaceful countenance
With the sun about to set
Beyond the gentle sea
While contemplating
The subtler shades of amber
Playing on the shrouded grey sky
Fairy Tale Lands
I live in a world
Of fairy tale lands
I thought only possible
In the imaginations of
Novelists and filmmakers
Of fairy tale lands
I thought only possible
In the imaginations of
Novelists and filmmakers
Until I went exploring
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