Stone tells a story
Of a vast sea
Millions of years old
Millions of years ago
Of a vast sea
Millions of years old
Millions of years ago
Layer upon layer
Of silt
Of time
Accumulating
Tag: living in the moment
Pregnant Calm
In the cool grey
Of a cloudy afternoon
The air so still
Even the birds respect the silence
Of a cloudy afternoon
The air so still
Even the birds respect the silence
In repose
I reflect
On the day that has been
On the day to come
Until
Like the birds
I respect the silence
Let my mind go still
Where I’m Going
Sometimes, the path seems so clear
Not so much that I know where I’m going
But that I’m going where I know
Not so much that I know where I’m going
But that I’m going where I know
No fixed destination
No long-term goal
No yellow brick road
Hugging the Coast
I love the roadways
Which hug the coastline
Where the breakers fall upon the rocks
So the sea-spray mists my windshield
Which hug the coastline
Where the breakers fall upon the rocks
So the sea-spray mists my windshield
I dance along the roly poly
Climb and dive and swerve and wiggle
Ocean by my side
Land rising and falling beneath my tires
Without Black or White
On a day
Without black or white
Of greys and muted greens
An uncertain horizon
Haze obscuring
Without black or white
Of greys and muted greens
An uncertain horizon
Haze obscuring
I realize
The beauty that is the world
The perfection that it is to live
Even without clarity
Certainty or conviction
In a time before…
In a time before consciousness
When there was only
Physics and chemistry
When the Earth was only
Atmosphere and rock and ocean
When there was only
Physics and chemistry
When the Earth was only
Atmosphere and rock and ocean
There was the great sea of hope
Dashing upon the rocks
Settling in little pools
Where intrepid molecules linked
Carbon to carbon
With oxygen and hydrogen
Putting Down Roots
I dig down deep
Set roots
Hold fast
Let the world
Pass me by
Secure, safe
Autonomous
Set roots
Hold fast
Let the world
Pass me by
Secure, safe
Autonomous
The Lattice
I breathe
Deeply
Evenly
Imagining
Deeply
Evenly
Imagining
A lattice
Of light
Into which
My darkness
Falls
On Leaving the Valley
Driving along the valley floor
Mountains and ridges rising above
So beautiful
Mountains and ridges rising above
So beautiful
Still, I always wonder
What’s on the other side?
What is the next valley like?
Tug & Three Barges
In the tranquility
Of twilight
A tugboat
Tows three barges
Of twilight
A tugboat
Tows three barges
From I know not where
To I know not where
And none of that matters
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