the maker of rainbows

it has been said that i live in a fable inside my head rather than offended i took it as a compliment for tho’ i exist physically on this plane i am the ”maker of rainbows,” my goal…….my game as a child i learned to create a world in my…

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dally

this new found pace has taught me a lot slowing from a race to barely a trot i am enjoying things i seem to have forgot taking time instead of time taking me we are given all we need to have a good life, advance and succeed……………………….but we will miss…

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no longer a chore

when we are new and decide to take these steps……………often seems no rhyme or reason to it…………………we fidget after a few minutes and want to quit………………..but our spirit encourages us to go on…….. these cosmic words don’t mean a thing and wonder what’s the point of it and one day…

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where would you put it/ for C

where would you put something valuable that you found something that turned your world upside down that crossed your mind with the first rays of light tucked you in when you went to bed at night that seemed to make all that was wrong alright where would you put it…

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houdini

i have the ability to change what is in front me trained to see beyond the obvious and to possibilities so i am never at a loss for i can can easily alter my course use what is here, accept what is near discovering that a positive attitude and an…

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before i go

before i go………..wanted you to know how much you mean to me……best part of all, i need not name you……..because you know who you are…………………….the biggest mistake i have seen myself and others make is not sharing how they feel……….. a beautiful gift is still in the box because we…

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putting myself in time out

i sit by the window and the trees outline the sky………..occasionally a bird will appear overhead and fly by…………………………….i take this opportunity to put a gap in the flow…………………placing myself in time out……………………there is not great occasion at the root of this pause……not looking for excuses over things to avoid………..i…

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laughing at the lies i’ve told myself

i’m sitting on a rock in a park that consumed a great deal of time in my youth and i am enjoying acknowledging and reminiscing some of the lies i have told myself………….and pretended to believe them…….because we know they are lies and promote then anyway…..thinking we have become good…

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settle/or crossroads

disgruntled i hear the cosmos howling ” you are where you are for a reason”………………………………………………………………………………………………. i look over the meadow and accept the fact i am in the 3rd quarter……and i’m not sure who has the ball……………………………………. we come to a crossroads and we assess where we are and where…

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too big for your box/ for the pygmies in the forest

sorry to disappoint you……..just to big for your box……i gather you intended to determine the terms…………..but from a myriad past i can confirm…….. that thought process did nothing to deter the mind of a poet…….and the heart of a lion… don’t worry i am comfortable with the outcome…………sorry you weren’t…………………….…

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shadows dance

when i turn down the lights and prepare to sleep into my room those shadows creep they dance with the lights from the cars passing on the street they laugh at me and thwart my sleep they very thing that they fear is the power of light and they disappear…

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too much to ask/ i agree to do the same for you

your attention: sometimes i want your undivided attention………not all the time but sometimes listen to me: listen to me with both your head and your heart…..i can tell if you are listening if you pause to consider my words……..and if you don’t understand………ask for a clarification walk in my shoes:…

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that one thing /for vic/mirajen

there is one thing………………that connects us all, short,fat, big or tall, and all the colors of the rainbow…………….that common thread is love…………….we all seek it, we want to give it and we want to experience it………………when that fundamental desire ends……..so does all meaningful life……………..we continue to exist but we cannot…

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nothing has changed

i don’t talk about it………really not much to say……….laid my cards on the table…………..and realized it wasn’t a winning hand anyway………. i don’t talk about it……really not much to say……………. i look over my back chapters….when i have let it all hang out…..most when when i was under some influence………

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Cinderella

a wise an timeless women told me to nurture the beauty within………….for time will play games with face and limbs but cannot reach that source within…………..if you pursue and deepen that source, age will have but small effects on you……….for the light that emanates from deep within eclipses what time…

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recipe

i have a recipe that was given to me by family and friends and more…………………that allows me to move virtually free through life that opens and closes doors…………………….. this maze on this plane is often difficult to explain and tedious to say the least………..but the recipe allows to take the…

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white washed

i see you tried painting over it with halfhearted compliments and smiles…….but it wasn’t hard to see your attempts were as thin as these walls………….but i will let it go again because i have a choice…….. to consider where it comes from or engage in your farce………….i can even say…

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my end of the bargain

one can ask for great things and the wrangling begins…….we wrangle with ourselves……….God doesn’t get into this………….and we come to the throne with a deal in our hand……….and hope that our offer is considered and we pray God will understand…. we go through these steps as if preparing for a…

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unlimited/ 1

there is only one thing i can recognize as……………..unlimited……….. not time…………..not money………..not possessions……nor friends…….. the only………i stress one………..unlimited source i have found in this world is………… Gods’ grace and love…………….one

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authentic love

authentic love………..not emotional or conditional………..cannot be given and taken away………love is stronger then circumstance or response………..love feeds and nurtures it’s self………..does not need reinforcement or recognition and is comfortable with the gratifying feeling of extension without expectation…………………. real authentic love knows no time nor distance and is comfortable that what…

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the most valuable gift

friend if you care to listen i will share a gift with you……if you choose to open it…………the most beautiful wonders will ensue………..it is available to everyone but many scoff and turn away……..some are afraid it will make them change and they are determined to live life their way……………… if…

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one lesson away from nirvana

after years of study i am convinced a deep and meaningful life can be achieved and nurtured by accomplishing one practice……. identifying and listening to your inner voice……. one doesn’t find spiritual enlightenment……..one accepts it………… the volumes of doctrines and philosophies i have endured searching for what i already had………..just…

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new folder

i am grateful to say that time has a way of filing things away………….and they move from the folder, ”urgent /must address”…………..to ”pending/ no longer a mess”……….. often the things in the latter folder never go away………but they no longer consume you and you accept that they are here to…

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a glimmer of hope/4 jackie

you shared what a temptation it was to go back to the old way of life………….everyone around was doing their thing and you felt alone and uptight………… well you did the right thing by telling on yourself and bringing the boogey man to light…………..keep doing what your doing stay on…

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prospector

the old miner said ”there’s gold in them hills………but most of it doesn’t look like gold…………..you have to dig it out, clean it up and realize what it is that you hold……….most of the time it’s an opportunity to build a mine with the barest minimal parts………and as you dig…

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”Meet Me In the Morning”

”Meet Me in the morning……..before the sun begins to shine…….when all the world is sleeping……….not ready to open it’s eyes……….and I will come and minister to you……..and show you how to live your life……. bring to me your problems, your trials and concerns……and we will walk together to discover the…

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determined

lying on the battlefield the explosion hit me on the side……..i looked down to see a part no longer attached………..i have heard others express that in severe trauma the pain is so great the mind cannot process it and it is almost cancelled out…….i can attest this is true……….i heard…

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may not have another chance

i have always found that when we wish to share an emotion or blessing with someone…………….the time to do it is then…………..forget waiting for the right time……right surroundings…….they are irrelevant………………sometimes the message won’t be received well…………doesn’t matter…….how many times have i sat alone only to revisit a past occurrence and…

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one more run

one more run before i’m done…..can feel it in my bones….this time i’m not calling the shots and the destination is unknown…………that wind that stirs my soul and keeps the internal embers aglow…..blows through these sails in my head and beckons my heart to go……….this sailor has no map nor…

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reflections #76

i miss me most when i attempt to be something i’m not……………i have found people to respond better to less than……………then to pretend………………………. the real deal is authenticity

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