On a day
Of unremitting grey
I find a moment
Of pure passion
And joy
Of unremitting grey
I find a moment
Of pure passion
And joy
Tag: travel
Rolling onto Shore
The swells roll in
An ever presence
Like you my friend
Always there to come to me
Even when I turn away
An ever presence
Like you my friend
Always there to come to me
Even when I turn away
Perhaps I am your shore
The solid ground
You’ll always find
Always there to welcome you
Even if I’ve turned away
Lockdown
Upon the rocky shore I stand
Curvature of Earth pronounced
By band of amber sky beyond
Horizon’s edge I cannot reach
Nor sail for regions yet unseen
Confined am I to stony beach
And yet my beating heart’s content
Relies on dreams which circumvent
The confines of this covenant
Curvature of Earth pronounced
By band of amber sky beyond
Horizon’s edge I cannot reach
Nor sail for regions yet unseen
Confined am I to stony beach
And yet my beating heart’s content
Relies on dreams which circumvent
The confines of this covenant
Worlds I Create
I create these worlds
Of personal sanctuary
A beauty and calm
Cloaking distress and fear
Palaces of chilling warmth
An argument with reality
Which cannot be won
Of personal sanctuary
A beauty and calm
Cloaking distress and fear
Palaces of chilling warmth
An argument with reality
Which cannot be won
I remind myself
The world of distress and fear
Is also a creation of mine
The cloak only gives it power
The palace of true warmth
Is the light of my own heart
Which cannot be sundered
Narrow Passage
Narrow passage
Some small hopeful light beyond
Fades on toward the night
Some small hopeful light beyond
Fades on toward the night
Though wide the sea
Destination obscured
Departure long overdue
From specious sanctuary
Where murk grows ever deeper
Even as hopeful light diminishes
Beyond the narrow passage
Start the engine
Provisioned stores and buttressed heart
Set rudder’s course through narrow passage
Bound for hopeful light beyond
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Soft light and silhouettes
Ambers and muted blues
Islands adrift in calm seas
Ambers and muted blues
Islands adrift in calm seas
And I in deep repose
Enjoy the gentlest of scenes
Bask in this moment of succulent nothings
Viral Smoke
The smoke rolled in
From a distant fire
Down the narrow valley
From a distant fire
Down the narrow valley
Not so stealthy as a virus
But with a smothering effect
Which would someday seem
Not so unfamiliar
A dis-ease
From which none are immune
And all are infected
Reflective Fire
This blue
Twilit artifice
Sunset muzzled by smoke
From distant fires
Twilit artifice
Sunset muzzled by smoke
From distant fires
Rosy sky
Pastel remnants
Of celestial fire
River echoes
Light and land and life
Fuels reflective fire
The Amber Stream
I wend my way
Through life and all
Its myriad conditions
Through life and all
Its myriad conditions
Oxbows and diversions
Rapids and reservoirs
Confined by circumstances
Wide and shallow
Narrow and deep
Always flowing toward the light
Golden warmth which fills my heart
Reflecting on the amber stream
Spirit’s Playground
Sunset and the Sea
Calms my mind
Like a deep breath
Calms my mind
Like a deep breath
Frees my heart
Like a lover’s kiss
Spirit’s favourite playground
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