Category Archives: Water

Writing primarily expressing the element Water – emotions, love, sorrow, grief, joy, connection.

Be A Storm

Posted on September 19, 2018 by

Be a storm in my life she begged I have lived too long In quiet solitude My shutters drawn Against the weather All its forms And so now I grow weary Of my comfort And I yearn For the storm … Continue reading →

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Winter

Posted on May 31, 2018 by

Winter falls He walks alone Down pathways known Only to him Snow blasts Across tired eyes Blinding, dull Deep surprise Rugged up In animal skin He holds the cold Deep within Winter falls He walks alone Down pathways known Only … Continue reading →

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Mother Moon

Posted on May 3, 2018 by

Mother moon Tending to her children Aquatic Steady gaze Nurturing Chaos into life Dark into light This wonderful night Mother moon Softly avenging Cruelty Of man here On ancient ships Searching for life Blinding their sight This wonderful night Mother … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Afternoons

Posted on March 30, 2018 by

Sweet forgotten afternoons You don’t recall But pressed within my memory book I see them all The way the light fell Through the leaves Upon your hair And the messy, noisy children Running everywhere And how you’d say “This season … Continue reading →

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Journey

Posted on November 18, 2017 by

Each year it turns This ancient world My boat is tilted Toward the moon’s hopeful light There is land in sight And there is comfort This good night I am aging Like the wood Of this sturdy boat My bones … Continue reading →

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Deeper

Posted on October 7, 2017 by

Drawing deeper Than ever before The water will relinquish Its power and secrets She will thrive In knowledge And energy Till she is whole All life begins Floating in fluids Cosmic conducting Of life force energy She knows as she … Continue reading →

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Moontide

Posted on September 23, 2017 by

Awaiting the waning moon This lost sea-shore At the last moments Of earthly time We counted the pebbles As if in their number Some final revelation Of heavenly design Would save us just in time, just in time Silvery and … Continue reading →

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I Remember

Posted on August 11, 2017 by

I remember her most he said In the last moments of spring She hovers as a memory Of every good thing I remember her smile And how she would sing I remember her best he said In the depths of … Continue reading →

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Storm Born

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

Storm born my mother said Kicking and screaming Into the blackest night Stormclouds roiling Thunder singing My birthing song Where I most belong Storm born, shaking her head The drama living on In every passing year Lightening dazzling Cracking evening … Continue reading →

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Watery Light

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

This watery light Awakens my soul I have slept too long But warmth upon my eyelids Bids them open And gaze out Of my prison Made of imagination’s stone And ponder flight and freedom And to swim And swim alone … Continue reading →

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