Tag: beauty

Roadtrip

An endless sea to my left
Mountains rising
Into the sky on my right

A yellow stripe
And smooth asphalt
Winding along
The rocky shore between

Where sun and sea and land meet
Where the waves roll in
And break on rocky shores
Under the sun’s illuminating grace

I find the rhythm of being

On a cold grey
Wet dark day
Some places
Invite me

Come inside
It’s warm
And dry
And cozy

To my eye
The wall is solid
To my hand
The rock, impenetrable

To a neutrino
The space between the atoms
Seems like the emptiness
Between the stars

Azure the sea
Slate the sky
The Islands
In between

The day was long
Night comes on
To fitful
Sleep go I

I followed the footfalls
Through grass-laden dunes
Where grey, heavy mist
Permeated the sand

I wondered who’d been here
Where had they gone
From where had they come

I followed the footfalls
Until their abrupt ending

Swallowed up by the sea

I don’t need to see very far
Or with much clarity
To know the vastness
Of the ocean

I don’t need to look very deeply
Or with much intimacy
To know the beauty
Of every living being

Even on the grayest days
The barest wisp of colour
Provides beauty enough to

Breathe life into my spirit
Bring warmth into my heart
Displace despair with optimism

My camera captures
A tugboat
Held for all time
In a sea of gold

Like the dragonfly caught
In amber
From a time
No words remember

I dream
Of guardians
In goldenrod armour

In countenance: fierce
But whose hearts
Have the gentleness
Of brushed cotton