Thank you to everyone reading from more than fifty countries. This blog has always been about the inner world — the storms, the deserts, the caves, the oceans we carry inside us. Wherever you’re reading from, I invite you to walk these inner landscapes with me and share in the journey they reveal. If you’ve…
Tag: STORM
All Hope Lost
I was thinking about all the recent reports of trains wrecking in small town America causing massive damage and evacuations.
Watch Relief Late Again
(I am a sailor, and have stood many Low Visibility Watches where my relief never showed, here is a glimpse into what it is like to stand freezing wet for your country, starving and alone, in the fog that travels the ocean blue.) Standing watch on bow, Waves splashing to and fro, Soaked to the…
The Bipolar Ocean
Making faces in the mirror, Smiling back at me, Personality shining, Looking deep in the ocean of eyes, Breath shaking seeing deep inside, Floating on mental sea of delusion, Rowing hard against waves of depression, Drowning deep underneath the ocean of mania, Bi-polar raging its storm above, Ship creaking under the weight.
Long Bound Shores
Hair flung back, Greased hair stains, Line my dress whites, As I jolly laugh at the sight, Of long bound shore, Lightly burdened, Sailor sack slung, Over shoulder, I waltz From that long bound shore, Raging sea behind me, Laughing squalls only memory, My heart beyond the hills afar, My stakes in life here, On…
June Day
Sweeping June rain, Two lovers dancing under darkened clouds, Thunder declaring their love, For miles over rolling plains, Heart crossed lovers, Soul mates for ever, Dancing in the rain, Lightening casting shadows, On this happy June day.
Mustard Seed of Life
Entranced in life, I sprout like a mustard seed, So small and strong, Brushed about the ground by wind and storm, Lightening flashes all about, My house made on sand sliding all about, Carried through the desert, Beak breaking through, Dropping me among a throng of stones, Still unable to take root, God’s finger moves…
STAR LOVE
Star light settles, Twinkling above, fireflies of the heavens, Gracious, magnificent beauty, Gauging human kind’s ability. Dull clouds move across the sky, Blocking galactic light, Lightening flashes across blue black sky, Filling the night with echo’s of fright, Twisting and turning the winds come burning, Through the raging tempest that’s squalling, Rain bursting through air,…