If I could fly where would I go?

Would I follow the terns, the gulls to the beach?

Would I run 'long the shore like a tiny sandpiper 

hoping to get wet~but only up to my ankles or knees?
I could circle the town dump looking for broken treasures?

I could stay in my own flowered backyard, 

splash about in one of many luxurious baths.

I was born with wings strong enough to go far.

Every so often they need to be tested and used.

Spring is unfolding and so are my new feathers.

In this mid-flight I am grateful for it all. 

xo

goodbye december

 goodbye 2017 

*

hello 

memories

strung from the branches 

of time hello to the little things 

we hang on to only to let go of again 

and again

xo

xo

with abundant blessings we each be held in love for a new year

xo

with the brightness

of a wild sky

in the search 

for peace, strong health,

happiness, and love 

may we all remember 

sand is but crushed stone

from hardness and with time

comes the yielding of softer things

xo

shadow~time

of self 

and season

searching for light 

sometimes just a whisper

soft and low

so deep down

it's mistaken for wind shaking the trees

listen deep

look hard

xo

almost dark

almost light

the thin line 

joy to terror

blink of an eye

beat of a heart

here and now

here and gone

xo

so often - juxtaposition 

thoughts, emotions, what we witness

and how we take any of it in

complicated seems such a simple word 

but the concept can be mind-boggling

behind iron gates 

often sits peace

xo

several years ago i lived in a house where two peacocks ruled the roost, i wanted to mimic the colors of those birds, i wanted to throw my head back and scream the way they did; blood thinning, heart pumping wildly, i wanted to toss my feathers into the fog filled sky and dance around in circles, i didn't do any of this, i took photographs of the birds and feed them seeds and bread crusts, i called them names i made up and they came running to me, why? i'll never really know, 

i think life is like this---

a dance we make up as we simply go along ... 

and hope like heck it will be remembered as beautiful ...

xo