In dreams
the ocean whispers in my ears
luring me to horizons I can never quite reach
yet know
that’s where I belong
not on the shores
with washed up debris of yesterday’s discards
just watching
as love dances
in light on the surface of the water
calling me
Home
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The beauty
in being able
to shed
what’s dead
and watch it float away
in technicolor wonder
knowing
a new beginning
is just around the corner
ready to bloom
Posted in Journey of Today, Wings of Poetry | Tagged #Autumn, #Beginnings, #LettingGo, Poetry | 15 Comments »
Old photographs lining shelves
give me no insight
as to where I’ve been
and absolutely no indication
of where I am to be
let alone
how to get there
There was a time when it didn’t matter
days were lived
one right after another
without
a
single
thought
as to what it all meant
and dreams
were nothing more than a side effect of sleep
Only after awakening
did the dreams, not of sleep
but of soul
unfold
Where is the clarity
the still waters
the guideposts?
The tides are high
and the road tangled
with uncertainty
and doubt
when all I thought I knew once
vanished
Posted in Journey of Today, Wings of Poetry | Tagged #LookingBack, #SelfDiscovery, #Uncertainty, Poetry, Writing | 4 Comments »
My skin…
memorizing your fingertips
as my soul
forever remembers
your touch
https://soundcloud.com/flightsofamagicalbird/a-touch-remembered
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Where there is breath
there is light
and the love
I have for you
grows
and deepens
in the stillness
where souls
collide
https://soundcloud.com/flightsofamagicalbird/where-there-is-breath
Posted in Journey of Today, Wings of Poetry | Tagged Love, Poetry | 9 Comments »
How some memories
are so soft
you lay your heart on them
to remember
what love was
once
https://soundcloud.com/flightsofamagicalbird/the-softness-of-me
Posted in Journey of Today, Wings of Poetry | Tagged Loss, Love, Nostalgia, Poetry | 2 Comments »
Slipping softly
Melting into your embrace
Each breath
draws us closer to a kiss
because who needs words
when time and distance stole them from us
All I need
is to look in your eyes
to translate
perfectly
what our souls spoke
A tapestry of language
woven with silver threads
that hold us together
even when we are far apart
Posted in Journey of Today, Wings of Poetry | Tagged Love, Poetry, Spirituality | 5 Comments »
How does
the sun protect itself
from scorch
The ocean
not drown
The mist
drift
without becoming lost
The rain
fall
without breaking
Posted in Journey of Today, Wings of Poetry | Tagged Nature, Poetry, Struggle | 10 Comments »
The silent storm
held
within each raindrop
spilling sorrows upon my skin
Drenching fabric
that clings
to soul
revealing in transparent wonder
the beauty
within the flaws
of what lies beneath
There is no respite
from the rain
for even an umbrella
may shield you from the soak
but not the story
that becomes a song
in a relentless rhythm
of
one another’s pain
Posted in Journey of Today, Wings of Poetry | Tagged #rain, Sorrow | 4 Comments »
1974
Six thirteen year olds
held hands
boy girl boy
and waded barefoot
through ankle deep water
hunched over
through the sewer pipe
behind the abandoned house everyone thought was haunted
walking slowly
enjoying the touch
of electricity
in close proximity
and anticipation
of reaching the clearing
underneath the giant buckeye tree
Several feet up
bright yellow dandelion heads
began to fall
from the pinhole of light
in the center of the manhole cover
tossed in by Ann
just 6 years old
while singing “Ring Around the Rosy”
Waiting quietly
for song’s end
without a word
said between us
We began as a low rumble
building to a loud moan
and listened as she ran
screaming
back to her house
as we ran
laughing
splashing loudly through the concrete cavern
back to the field
that held cows
behind an electric fence
as the wind
carried our laughter
across every summer
thereafter
Posted in Flights of Distant Past, Wings of Poetry | Tagged #Summer, Coming of Age, Memories, Nostalgia | 4 Comments »
