Like falling into a picture book
Still
A train echos past,
stirring close time and long gone days
then fades into landscape and beauty.
Part gone but part present,
revealing a stillness
in which I am left
with memories.
Pulses of energy flow over me.
Intoxicating,
This ocean engages all senses
This power recharges my being
A bridge
spans obstacles.
Anchored to either side
while the way beneath remains clear.
Peacefully we cross as the unimpedible roils below
“One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once, life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great persistent questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of a leaning into the light.”
Barry Lopez “Arctic Dream”
Stand strong in rain for
Fear falls on us all.
It drips and pools
Tickling uncomfortably down the spine
Exploring each gap in our defenses before
Trickling to the earth below.
There, coursing by river to the sea
Joining with every other drop
Where together they roar with natures relentless power.
So, let it flow over you
or drown,
for it is irresistible
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.”
TS Eliot
