Tag: Canada

When the Waves Come

When the waves come, I can

Ride them
Duck them
Vault them

Or I can stand firm
And let the ocean wash over me
Feel its power
Enjoy the surge of energy
As it flows all around me

She danced
As if everyone was watching
And all they wanted
Was to see her dance

She danced
As if every word she’d ever spoken
Could be translated
To a gesture, a swirl, or a twirl

She danced
And all I knew was
I wanted to be there on the dance floor
With her, now and forever

There is this granularity
To all existence
To things
To life

The fractal geometry
Of everything

Littler things
Make up little things
Little things
Make up bigger things
Bigger things
Make up big things

Serrated edge
Cleaves the blue
Where clouds fall free
To either side

Observing from
Peaceful repose
While nature wars
‘Tween earth and sky

The wind blows hard
Straight up the sound
Where whitecaps roll
Against the tide

The scene reminds
Of days gone by
The stormy times
The years I lost

Blown well off course
Blown all to hell
But I rowed back
Against the swell

I’m too blue for you
I said
All dusky hues
And failing light

“Don’t worry, love”
Was her reply
“I’ll stay with you
This long dark night

“When comes the morn’
You’ll see sun rise
As you look
Into my eyes

Love beckons
Like a cool dip
In a calm lake
On a hot summer day

Love puts the ground under my feet
The skip in my step
The stars in my sky
The hope in my heart

Sage and grass
In endless waves
Blue sky clouds
Race the sun

While I sit
High upon the hilltop
Feeling the breeze
Wash over me

The quality of an experience

Is not proportioned
By the difficulty of obtaining it

But is informed
By the quality of attention I offer it

There can be extraordinary magic
In even the darkest clouds