It’s a little like water skiing, slalom, on a lake of glass. The sand between scattered clumps of thorny, ground-hugging scrub. Tires floating. Subtle adjustments on the handlebars as the tail slides, as the bike leans and yaws, as the turn that will right it comes around, slowly, slowly. Pedaling, pedaling.
Tag: living in the moment
Righting
In the mirror
It was just the one tear
In the many streaks of mascara
Which struck her… wrong
It was just the one tear
In the many streaks of mascara
Which struck her… wrong
The tear was wrong
The conditions were wrong
Her love was wrong
He was wrong
Her life… was wrong
Before the Sun
Before the sun
Unsaturated pastels
Hushed details
Settled sea
Slumbering land
Quiet calm
When life was a mystery, yet to be told
As if I’d landed
Billions of years ago
On a planet still young
And restless
Billions of years ago
On a planet still young
And restless
When rock flowed as liquid
And the only solid lands
Were granite rafts
Floating on a molten orb
Laughter
Nothing lightens the burden
Like a hearty guffaw
Like deep laughter
Rising up from the depths
Clearing me of the darkness
Lifting up the weight
Like a hearty guffaw
Like deep laughter
Rising up from the depths
Clearing me of the darkness
Lifting up the weight
The Now of the Road
Nothing sustains the Now
Mile after mile
Like an open road
Through spectacular country
Mile after mile
Like an open road
Through spectacular country
Iron-clad Conviction
It has always been
When following a path
With iron-clad conviction
That I find myself
Furthest astray
When following a path
With iron-clad conviction
That I find myself
Furthest astray
First Beach Sunset
It should come as no surprise
That in the moments when it is easiest
To feel the connection to all things
We feel connected to each other
That in the moments when it is easiest
To feel the connection to all things
We feel connected to each other
The Sundeck at the Edge of the World
Nothing reminds me better
How little most of it matters
Than a chair like this
In a place like this
How little most of it matters
Than a chair like this
In a place like this