I am breathing hard as my steps are pulling me forward
Winding through the trees my heart races
I left the path seeking adventure
Always needing to explore to find the unexpected
There is just so much more
So many live by the rules
Safe in a ritual of obsessive order
Stifled by a strict regiment
I ran out the door
Freedom is power
Determined to ignore the path
I climb over fallen branches
Arms and legs get torn in the thicket
My pace picks up as I see
Light beaming through the treetops
It is brilliant colorful and mystical
The sun is rising to greet me
I left my bed in such a rush to answer the call
How do I know these things
I am at one with the calling upon my heart
So long suppressed
So long I lived inside a birdcage
Longing to be free to fly
Free to be wild and true to myself
The woods open
Here it is
I sashay towards the meadow
I climb upon the stone wall
My heart is listening
I am filling up with power
Not of my own, but borrowed from nature
I will return again and again
The hunger will always come back
Here is where inspiration is fueled
There is a world out there calling
It’s right outside the door
It’s calling you too
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It came so swiftly that no one had any idea
there were plans
there was excitement
A new life is coming
you and I are one
we had created this little one to come
something has shifted
what is this intuition
I cannot pay attention to anything else
something deep is calling to me
I must pay attention
Something is wrong
it is too soon
way too soon
quick
we must run, we must fly
Help is on the way
but before we know it
time stands still
we can’t be here yet
but we are
its all happening too fast
wrong time
best laid plans disappear
you are not ready to leave me yet
you cannot survive outside me
but you have come to us
too soon
rush
hush the silent screams
H O P E
must stay strong
must believe in miracles
time passes
all the latest and greatest to assist
but it is not to be
we must say goodbye
we must let you go
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lost
empty
confused
agony ensues
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What is next
where is the meaning
but to honor your sweet memory
we will embrace the loss
prepare to accept that the one small moment we had
will be enough
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you have gone
we remain
smile on us
see how much we loved you
show us the way
we will carry you forever
in our hearts
together forever
W E L O V E Y O U
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Decades have come and gone
Each had its lessons and memories
Some seemed to last an eternity
Others flew by
Youth does not understand
That it is over before you know it
Time stolen while grudges were held
And learning the meaning
Of love and friendship
Some can carry the anger, fear and hate
I could never house those things
Learning forgiveness
Learning to have power over evil
It’s no wonder so many get lost
As we all do for a time
To fall through the cracks
Land and live there
The world turns and shifts
We are unaware
Until the heart says
I want more
I want to be found
But wait- I must find myself
No more rescues
No more waiting
Time to make amends
Time to build dreams
Time to believe in the impossible
Having survived for so long
Now, those days are gone
I got it
I grasp the golden goblet
I stop running and turn around to see
An audience is not necessary
It is the wild skies
The wind upon the wastelands
Mixed with the waters of my intent
There is fertile ground yet
It must be tilled and planted
A harvest will come
And I will be surrounded by laborers
Not the least of whom is me
And we will clink glasses
As we celebrate the bounty
Plentiful it will be
More than my minds eye can see
Finally for me
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The night is heavy
Sleep evades me
What is the secret to escaping the day
To drifting off and shutting down
Only sleep can cleanse the mind
Without it how will I cope
It’s been a while since the last time
I could not process all my thoughts
I’ve opened portholes to my soul
Closing them is beyond my reach
The body is weighted
The chest is heavy
The mind is overactive
The heart is weary
Soon the sun will rise
The world turns on schedule
Is there a message waiting for me in the sunrise
Anticipation is making me wait
If only I knew why
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Like an egg in a shell
My heart has been sealed away
It’s so much safer in there
But when its time to grow the egg must be cracked
There is a time for everything
For some the time never comes
It takes great courage to look deep inside
It’s so much easier to avoid
To drink from the waters that blind
Soothing is what we seek
Joy and peace and gratitude
These aren’t gifts, they must be earned
By letting go
By seeing the real full bodied truth
We don’t usually know what that looks like
It’s so much easier to pretend
To hyper focus on something
Point all our feelings there
We must get out the anger fear and pain
We can’t make it worse by seeing
From someone else’s point of view
It’s too important to feel we are in control
Everything will fall apart if we open our hearts
What if we get hurt
Can’t take another blow
So we walk around in armored jackets
They help us not to feel
It’s so easy to be brave when you deny
All the losses and regrets
It’s just too sad to face
Until you see someone who gave it all
They sacrificed their own life for another
The other never understood the cost
The price was all or nothing
What a love so deep and so wide
So all consuming
A calling to give another safe passage
From the beginning till the bitter sweet end
Who will comfort you
When you gave up all for one
The others were left behind
But they are here now
To walk and not to run
To sit with you inside your hell
And be the light in the darkness
For it is your turn to feel the love
Your turn to be guided and protected
The world it whizzes by outside
No passerby can see you
But you are not alone
Something greater than yourself
Will now pick you up as you carry your load
And both of you will find
We’ve been here all the time
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At some point you have accumulated enough understanding of the world
That you know who you are becoming in it
It’s so incredibly vast that no one of us can catch it on a whim, or by intention
It is the universe
It is all our wild dreams
It is our hopes and aspirations
We need gatekeepers and door openers
It’s not easy, and most will stay at one level forever
Others will realize that they can climb the stairs to another level and explore
Some may keep climbing
None of us were given the playbook
If you dare, you will live in the moment
oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, let that stay or be
It’s okay when you realize that all you were ever instructed to do and believe is flawed
Don’t panic
Don’t abuse the one you hold dear and trust
Don’t lose what you have grasped
Don’t own
Don’t possess
Just be with
Just know
Just understand
We are a part of something greater
Can an ant understand a butterfly
Does a fox know what it is to be a falcon
It’s OK not to understand what has not been given to you
What you must do is realize that the universe gives you a team
Play as one
A beaver knows how to give shelter in the most unusual places
Places you never would have sought out
So just accept this and know
There is a master plan
Walk your path
Or fly
Or swim
It’s perfect to be different yet as one
What benefit do we have in judgement of what we do not understand
Simply raise your arms, or wings or face to the sky and receive
And know
We are in this together
Not to fight- although sometimes that’s what it takes
But to find
Our common ground -so that we may
Find our part, our piece
And just live it out
To the end of our days
May you find those who understand you
Who support you
One life to live
Make it count
Let go of the pain
Embrace the love
Focus on the good
Reach for the highest goals
We find ourselves when we learn ‘It’s not about me”
But “US”
Together
So be it
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It’s a twisting and turning labyrinth trying to get to you
I can see within my mind the picture so clearly from where I stand
I already scouted out the land as I hovered above it in flight
I studied the earth below with all its dimensions
Trees and brush, hills and valleys
Streams and rivers
I can see the path that will get us to where I want us to go
But you cannot fly and your scope of vision is limited
There are others to consider but you are the one I must convince
Should you stay or should you go
There is a life with either choice
I am impatient to go now that I can see the path
You cannot see it yet
I try to describe to you what I see
I ask you to trust me, we should go
This place no longer has my heart
Something is calling to me and I feel it in my soul
I speak to you in riddles you say
You cannot trust what you cannot understand
So you close your mind to me and hope I will stop
Trying to rush you is only turning you away
I am overcome by emotion
I speak in tongues you do not understand
I become frustrated and I snap
You recoil and grip harder into the ground
You have your own vision
This place still holds your gaze
Your heart is opening to all that lies here
You are expanding and growing here
I am losing my feathers here
I love you, I’m sorry I cannot stay here
Must I walk this path alone
I am hurting you desperately gripping onto you
You feel angry and confused and frightened by my intensity
You go your way trying to recover
I perch in a tree and stare at the horizon
Another sunset is coming. another day over
My time is limited compared to yours
I see things totally differently
I never thought we would part
I am broken if I stay and broken if I leave
The colors are flooding as I just feel and stop thinking
Breathe, just breathe
Tomorrow will come and I must try to mend what I have wounded
But you have retreated so far within
You are shocked to see me this way
I am broken that you cannot see what I see
I know I will have to leave
You know it too
The anxiety is passing as now I feel just sadness
No I do not know what I will find when I go
That is both the beauty and the fear of it
But I know one thing
I can fly, I have instincts that tell me when a change is coming
I am not in control of this, and it will not leave me alone
Experience tells me not to wait too long
For there is a world out there that is calling to me
Come to me, I will show you treasures for your soul
You must risk it all
And you will find what they will one day need
So be brave my heart
Be strong and know
That when destiny calls
She will show you wonders and secrets
When you love someone, when you love many
You know that you must be true to yourself
And when you are, they will one day see
That you did it for them and you
The heart is so powerful and must be obeyed
One life to live
Time is short
Make it work, make it beautiful
I love you all so much I can hardly breathe
Thinking of missing you is poison to me
But the process has begun
It will take shape now that I see it coming
I will obey and trust
That all will be well
I love you so much
We will find our time again
Better than before
Healed by obeying our individual paths
I am proud of you for knowing your own
There is no fear in love
We will mend and begin again
But for now I must fly
I must find what I was born to find
So I can bring it back to you and lay it at your feet
So we can have something to celebrate
I see us laughing and dancing in a field
The children are running around us in circles
We will look at each other and know
It is well with our souls
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Remember your first day on the playground, how you felt when you met your first best friend? Two completely different souls from different backgrounds discover each other in the chaos, confusion and uncertainty of childhood, away from home and all that is understood. Two friends meet eyes and they just know they get each other. This is how the visual and performing arts interact every moment. To find your art soul you must remember your inner child.
Mother holds the hand of her child walking in the park
The flowers are blooming
Bakers are selling their creations
The band is playing, children let go of their mothers hands and run to the music and dance
The sidewalk is chalked by those compelled to express themselves
On such a fine spring afternoon
The tents house the artisans ware- paintings, sculptures, pottery, woven rugs, photos of far away places and faces
The gentle breeze moves across the grass and can be seen moving hair and clothing and flowers and clouds and swaying leaves
There is a swirling, stirring feeling rising up in the sum of all these parts
It is as a stream that flows, and all that step in are swimming in the same water
It is the music of the universe that flows inside all of our hearts
It compels us to express ourselves
Run, don’t walk
Don’t just stand there
Jump at the opportunities all around you
We are all just longing to get back to it, that place where magic exists, and dreams are birthed and hope rises us up and takes all our cares away.
This is the power of the visual and performing arts and of nature.
They take us back to when we can remember.
They tell the story of what happened when we grew up and what we experienced or heard about that moved us so much we had to create something to respond to it.
We must remember.
It is imperative that we do remember.
The stream is the same, the expressions are many.
It is up to you to step out of the shadows and jump into the stream.
Get carried away, let yourself go.
Listen to the music, express yourself.
Paint, write, sing, play,
Get back to your inner child!
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I make my moves, mistakes and all, in this game of life
On the fly, adjusting to the wind and the waves
They are torrential and monstrous
I am only human
Why do you want me to be more than you are
It makes no sense that I should be perfect
But I reach, and I try
I grasp and feel the power
I trip and split my flesh open
Darn it all
Why is every move I make
Measured and critiqued
While all I give is grace and forgiveness
Who is the fool and who’s the sage
Can we simply turn another page
For tomorrow may come
It may be too late
To fix what’s broken
I love you
Strive to trust,
To open your heart
I cannot carry the weight of all your fears
Nor can I cure you
I can only say this
I love you
I’m not going anywhere
I will stay right here until you can see
I love you
Know me
Trust me
Rest and feel secure
You are in me and I am in you
This is us
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Waking up to find a total eclipse of the sun
Its a strange feeling and there is no light to shine the way
A low frequency sound is running in the background
Everywhere I turn a foul wind blows
What once brought me comfort now is gone
What once I trusted now has turned
I travel in the dark seeking the source of this darkness
People are feeble and falling under the weight of their fears
I pick up my pace and start to run
Going by memory I race to the boulder by the sea
I climb the slippery rock coated in wet algae
Determined now, I am driven by an instinct that cannot be denied
And there my eyes see the culprit hovering above
He is blocking the sun with his massive scale covered armor
His talons stretch towards me as a threat, but I stand tall
“So its you again” I say, and he blurts his fiendish laughter
“I thought I killed you”, I say
“I exist wherever people let me exist”, he spurts sarcastically
I remember the golden rule, you cannot make anyone else believe
Nor can you cause them to see what you see
When people are blind they don’t even notice that the sun is eclipsed
They carry on in darkness, not even knowing what they’re missing
The true sun, the light of day never rises for the blind
But they don’t know any better, they just feel a little or a lot confused
But not for my people I think, I will not let them fall prey
“Ahhhhh”- I let out a long sign while I stare at the beast
His grin is consuming his face, he’s a cocky mother fucker
I spit on the ground in protest, he giggles profusely
I watch him in fascination, not in fear and he can sense it
Straight faced we have a stare down, showdown
I laugh my own fiendish laugh and he frowns
He knows when he’s pushed me too far, my old foe
He’s trying to make a comeback, he’s been bored with humanity
It is just too easy to spin their tops and he wants a challenge
I walk to the pile of rocks I stacked a long while ago and tear them down
They’ve been there on this boulder top since the last time we had a match
“I knew it was you, I can always see when you’re back in town” I say
He watches me dig, he knows what I will find when I get to the bottom
He shakes with anticipation which is a mixture of terror and excitement
“I’ll give you this one day, but when tomorrow comes you’re gonna wish you stayed away
from this town” I say as I reach the bottom and grip my glowing sword
I rise it high above my head and now I feel the power surging through my body
My heart connects to my weapon and I stare for one last moment into his eyes and say
“You’re gonna get it VASTATOR DRACO
They don’t call me Dragon Slayer for nothing”
Whoosh, he bellows his thunder, lighting, rain and gale force wind
I turn my back and climb back down the boulder and back home
He twitches, I’ve got him thinking now, Does she know something I don’t know
I giggle as I think to myself, Of course I do Sweetheart, I’m your mother.
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I awaken with a start, hearing a sound deep in my mind
It is the sound of horses pounding the ground while running
I am flying above them and I swoop down and soar beside them
Their nostrils flaring, and their breathing is forced and loud
I lift up into the sky and veer to the left and rise up high
I reach a current and soar with no effort
I let the wind carry me while I search the canyon
Below me the herd races on, consumed in a cloud of dust
My gaze takes me to the mountaintop, I follow the line
Diving I plummet towards a precipice and land there
Above it all now, the miles and miles of terrain stretch before me
Below me I see rivers and canyons, the cloud shadows dance
The air is warm and the smell is a mixture of dirt and wildflowers
I wait here now for whatever has awakened me
Gripping the rocks’ edge I scan far left to far right, below and above
Nothing catches my eye or draws me in
I slow my breathing and let go of the search
I know now it was not without but within
I close my eyes now with great anticipation
I can feel the wind slowly moving my body
My feathers ripple in the breeze
Slowly like an awakening I sense the object of my search is near
It rises up within my soul more tangible than the mountain
It is the stream within my soul ascending up inside me
Rushing waters tumbling and filling me up
I am the valley, I am the canyons, I am the horses running
Their is a river flowing in me and I welcome it
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So the wind is shifting and I know it
I can’t deny the inevitable
The time is coming and I can feel the blows of the storm coming
How much can any of us prepare for it
I know it’s going to hit and hit hard
It will devastate me
It will bring an end to an era
I will reflect and go on
But there will be yet another void
I must fill the emptiness with hope
A resolve to make everything count
So while I wait, I will not fret
My time will one day come as well
So I will live my life with all my heart
Not letting another decide where it goes
For when the day has come and the shades are drawn
The sun will rise again and it will set
It’s the time I spend while I’m here now
That will enable me to leave my mark
And so I will let it count for those who come behind
I want to show the way with no fear
No anger and no fight
Just with all my might I will tell
That I was here to show the way
To show the way while I can still see
Just love while you can still feel it
For tomorrow will come
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