Month: March 2017

Gravity

where our minds linger ~ we may find our hearts follow ~ when we dare to look

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Tension

I touch you softly ~ your back a strummed instrument ~ ready for release

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New day

vulnerably soft ~ each day a bird in my hand ~ to treasure anew

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Moondance II

sun on the water ~ yellow finch sings in the reeds ~ we dance on the moon

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Eugene

your mind was exposed ~ your life in a poppy seed ~ white, red, black and green

Nothing

no promises made ~ no answers in the echoes ~ only empty space

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Red

pomegranate laugh ~ echoes across the oceans ~ where it will settle

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Twists and turns

even being lost ~ I find back to my heart’s ache ~ a recurring twist

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Nowhere

narrow winding path ~ where will this thought lead me to? ~ nowhere is a place

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Distractions

deviating paths ~ from the highway of our words ~ lead to wonderings

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Raining words

swirling snow-white clouds ~ reflect our free-flowing thoughts ~ until it rains words

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Wake up!

don’t fall asleep now! ~ behind the curtains the sun ~ of a bright new day

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Walk with me

will you walk with me ~ share your concerns with me too ~ and an open heart

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Balm

subtle as it was ~ I remember the perfume ~ that was only you

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Helpless

the sun in my words ~ chases winter winds and mist ~ from a shore of death

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Windows in time

our splintering thoughts ~ each a crystal clear window ~ through which time reflects

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Collected

scooped you from the sea ~ from the stormy grey oceans ~ brought you back to earth

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Stranger

you greeted me then ~ as if from a long journey ~ from a far-off land

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Pretend

I imagine the sky ~ I imagine being a child ~ playing amongst clouds

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Misplaced word

a word that is lost ~ I am lost in all the words ~ my silence has wings

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Namibian Kalahari: January 2017

a few drops of rain ~ the Kalahari blooming ~ and colour erupts

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Approach

a distant city ~ with the simplest of bright smiles ~ you came through the crowds

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Finding beauty

it is so easy ~ it is purely beautiful ~ our aesthetic souls

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Gordon’s Bay, South Africa: October 2016

I have now escaped ~ going back to Gordon’s Bay ~ where we used to play

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Captivated

I am mesmerized ~ by the unexpected depths ~ of this connection

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Echo

when I repeat you ~ without beginning or end ~ you stroll my mindscape

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Broadcast

what we do not say ~ transmits the deepest meaning ~ reveals everything

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Muse

my inspiration ~ a stone, an acorn, a touch ~ then I move on

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Raining

across the ocean ~ rain against the window pane ~ my thoughts in droplets

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Frankfurt, Germany: March 2017

late-afternoon light ~ when winter is almost spring ~ the idea of warmth

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Wanderers

you wander my way ~ life a solitary path ~ strewn with memories

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Desolation

as the waves roll in ~ their swells of grey, green and blue ~ they bring your sadness

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Night sounds

through the night’s stillness ~ raw emotion in his voice ~ tugging at my heart

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Beneath the surface

on the surface still ~ your words roll like crashing waves ~ breaking over me

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Crowded

room filled with voices ~ a moth folds its silver wings ~ she simply walks out

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Suspence

I don’t want to feel ~ the burden of expectancy ~ I just want to be

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Glimpse

colour of his eyes ~ like shadows in the darkness ~ my winter deepens

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Lost & found

I’m finding myself ~ in places I did not know ~ before I knew you

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Feel

close your eyes ~ feel the caress of silence ~ in the deepest light

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Far away from city lights

wide-open spaces ~ there are some who’ll never know ~ our precious wild souls

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Blue feather

it’s a feather’s touch ~ without intent or control ~ that can change our worlds

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Merry-go-round

I dreamt of Toulouse
of writing to you from there
a roundabout dance

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Here

my nomadic soul ~ has found its foothold just here ~ a still resting place

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Brief encounter

a beautiful thing ~ a day stolen from our lives ~ fleetingly souls touch

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Gatherer

you gather my mind ~ when it’s flying all over ~ in bits and pieces

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Listen

listen carefully ~ inside the heart of stillness ~ each person is found

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Reaching

I reach out to touch ~ the bare essence of your soul ~ then it slips away

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Reverberation

it is still again ~ a soft calmness settles in ~ as our aftermath

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Back flash

standing behind me ~ almost touching in the dark ~ your breath in my hair

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Relationships

I’m fascinated ~ the traversed path is unique ~ for every connection

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Women of Africa

colourful and strong ~ the women of Africa ~ we laugh with our tears

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Navigation

delicate distance ~ between the shores of our seas ~ negotiated

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