came and went ~

31 Tuesday Dec 2013

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when emptied
let me understand
tis there
my fullness lies
the whole of all creation
– but a sigh

echoed into
weariness
more and more –
til less
the bowl is waiting
silent
on the shelf

holding heart
with memories
where overflowing
spent
to change the ways –
the river
came and went

to seek
beyond the seeing
how dear
this emptiness
– will softer hands
confine my
thankfulness

for what shall be
another sure –
tis something more
divine
than what was left
of nothing –
remains for us
to find

. . .

leaning in ~

30 Monday Dec 2013

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becoming, bliss, breath, death, destiny, dreams, faith, knowledge, life, living, love, memory, old maps, passion, poetry, reason, restless, spirit, spirituality, star crossed, truth, understanding, value, wandering, wisdom, woman

whate’er has gone
will find again –
morning
twilight
leaning in
across the ways
beneath the floor
were heavens
once I held
before

as now I see
the truth become
with want for I –
the only one
to know of words
– a bitter
taste
life is best
with none to waste

as once we knew
another now
where wishes fell
and kisses lay
sweet the breath
of almost none
would love
be missed
we gave away

might presence steal
the shadows grey
as sun across
our yesterdays
hold me here
touch me yet –
recalled
to ways
I’ll not forget

. . .

taste of silk ~

22 Sunday Dec 2013

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becoming, bliss, breath, cherokee, death, destiny, fearless, grace, gravel roads, knowledge, life, love, old maps, passion, reason, restless, seeing in the dark, spirit, spirituality, understanding, wandering, wisdom, wonder

crossed I once
an empty field
before the evening
blue
– worried not
for where the path
might lead

would restless
bring me home to find another
captive as a wing
within my wish

trace me not
from memory
of this (to come again) –
from where I was
returned
when prayers were said

before the night
was pulled to shade
a whisper ceased
to matter –
yellow held her hands
above the flame

where black
the spinner
cursed the taste
of silk

shadows shift
beneath the grey
wherein the light
was less
than I could pass
remembering
to see

. . .

pause ~

20 Friday Dec 2013

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Rambling

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bliss, breath, connection, faith, fearless, feeling, forgiveness, grace, knowledge, moments, old maps, passion, reason, relationship, sacred intimacy, spirit, spirituality, star crossed, trust, value, wandering

winter weaves
a woolen blanket
threat beneath
the snow
warm the thought
of kisses
falling down
tender as
the willing
to remember
days gone by –
and there our purpose
waits
without a sound

preyed upon
prayed apart –
whispers read aloud
tho no one knows
the way of mine
for long
brushed against
convention –
waited thru the night
held you here
as rhyme against
my song

. . .

twinkle now ~

18 Wednesday Dec 2013

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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becoming, bliss, breath, connection, destiny, dreams, faith, forgiveness, gravel roads, life, love, memory, nature, passion, poetry, reason, spirit, spirituality, truth, understanding, wonder

glistening
these tender boughs
and there the lights
so bright
as wishes fell
from stars beyond
the night

as dreams
reclaimed
by drifting snow
shimmer calms the bride
with memory
of love –
a softer tide

gathered us together
round the tree
to wait
e’er death be passed
beneath the watch
of fate

twinkle now
remember me –
a wish made once before
a present wrapped
in light outside
your door

. . .

evening falls ~

12 Thursday Dec 2013

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becoming, bliss, dreams, faith, fearless, forgiveness, grace, gravel roads, knowledge, letting go, life, love, memory, old maps, passion, postmark, reason, restless, soul signature, spirit, spirituality, strength, understanding, wandering, wisdom, wonder

autumn winds
have blown a course
I never once imagined
lines already lost
beneath
the sand
constellations
shifted
beyond the grievous moon
turning from my place
to watch the band

removed
from all the wishing
where yet
an evening falls
distance closing –
echoes touching down
of words
I will remember
who will know them best
– the long night
laying words
without a sound

racing toward another
place I loved
the same –
was here I knew
tho eyes were closed
so tight
believing in
forever –
a life I might have known
had reason
not resolved my heart
to flight

. . .

watching for a sign ~

10 Tuesday Dec 2013

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Rambling

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becoming, bliss, breath, connection, destiny, faith, fearless, grace, gravel roads, knowledge, life, love, memory, old maps, passion, postmark, reason, restless, sacred intimacy, spirit, spirituality, star crossed, truth, understanding, value, wandering, wisdom

left me here
the signs of age –
a road already worn
the ways of some
an ancient oak
retold
and I
for one
could never guess
the wisdom
you would carry
proof revealed
– some heaven
here
below

scattered ‘bout
these weary days
this plea
for something more
than e’er a page
a rhyme
could keep us fed
learned into
this passion
wherein your name
is kept
folded near
each page
upon my bed

sapphire tears
are hidden
by a questioning of light
of fear betrayed
with love
I couldn’t say
of where I’d be
when morning found
me watching
for a sign
when worlds beyond
our knowing –
fell away

. . .

afraid no further ~

09 Monday Dec 2013

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, verse

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becoming, connection, faith, fearless, grace, knowledge, life, love, memory, nature, old maps, passion, reason, spirit, spirituality, truth, understanding, wandering

might I fall
and make of pieces
edges dark
as carbon grey
light as green
the ocean swells
where twilight
meets
the ends of day

might I drift
afraid no further
than places
you once you held me
here
were dreams made real
– the heart held silent
caught a world
inside my tears

lay and listen
stay
one story
more I’ll write
of where and when
the black
fell deeper than remembered
– your light
I pulled across
within

. . .

where spring endures ~

07 Saturday Dec 2013

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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becoming, blessings, breath, connection, death, faith, family, grace, gratitude, gravel roads, grief, knowledge, letting go, life, love, memory, moments, no matter what, old maps, passion, reason, relationship, resurrection, spirit, spirituality, strength, truth, understanding, value, what we keep, worth

worried
for the ways ahead
a pathway through the dark
where whispers
surely gather
me to home
memories
and might have beens
grace in stories
written
drawn upon my heart
by places known

lay for me
a softer place
just beyond the winter
love is come
and I
resolved to these
the way was mine
as life became
more my soul shall carry
grieving all
shall bring me
to my knees

tho surely this
for all I keep –
the worth
is worth the weighting
for just beyond
are spirits bound
by truth
reminders of forever
one more day
where spring endures
while here I kneel
– grateful for
each bruise

. . .