PACKED SUNLIGHT

CONTAINED IN A BOX

TO BE OPENED

WHEN NEEDED

ON DAYS WHEN

THE MIND IS SLUGGISH

THE SOUL IS SLEEPY

JUST A FEW RAYS

TO BRING A GLOW

BRIGHT ENOUGH TO

AWAKEN THE SPIRIT

WITH GRATITUDE AND LOVE

 

While camping in the vast wilderness of the west coast, Yoda came to whisper words of wisdom to us. We were not wise enough to see him until our second day. He sat quietly and watched us, I am sure wondering if  “those fools will ever notice me?”

This is my post to the weekly photo challenge, smiles.

 

Wisdom

 

Is it in the smile

Found perched in an unlikely place

 

Is it found in the number of candles on a cake

Or shared from generations before us

 

Is it found in the melody of nature

Or in cacophony of a storm

 

Do all attain wisdom

Do some choose to stay fools

 

Possibly in the cry of a newborn

In the words of the dying

 

Maybe…..

 

If we were wise enough

We could hear wisdom

In our own precious silence

 

 

 

 

 

Love & Time

Move

Shift

Swiftly & Tenderly

Ever so longingly

 

With surprise

snow flakes wake us

the forest and mountains

stand tall in the grandeur

a world of billowing clouds

the river babbles her chorus

as she caresses rock after rock

the birds sing in exaltation

or perhaps, in protest

my voice sings softly

with the falling snow

for the beauty

is breathtaking

 

 

The challenge

is to be

vulnerable

curious

creative

exploring the world of poems

everyday

for the

fun of it

 

Fire roars

smoke bellows

friends laugh

the ocean claps

birds screech and sing

oysters burp and spit

becoming tasty morsels

that create more laughter 

in the bellys of many

marshmallows glow 

with gooey fun

blue sky drops hail

the size of cosmic atoms 

seals dive in excitement 

starfish brilliantly be still 

crabs scatter

barnacles chatter

more friends’ laughter

sun and love 

beach and good eats

with friends 

I call family 

 

47 years of sunrises

17,167 days of sunsets

A celebration of another year lived

Wisdom gained

Memories shaping thoughts and emotions

A blessing of life and acts of love

Gratitude in its grandest form

To be alive

To stay curious

To stand smiling on the summit of peak 47

Gazing to the valley below

Mountains in the horizon

Where dreams and wonder captivate

A self that loves

and gives thanks

for yet another

sunrise.

 

Above my own thoughts of illusions

Or is it disillusions

My beliefs will metamorphosis

As time creates introspection

Of the yesterdays and tomorrows

Only in this moment will I find the universe

Above every and all of my delusions