Saturday, August 24, 2019

The Art of Living

Photography by Ali Falak Image source

Linking with the Sunday Muse for Muse # 70
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Truth is the daughter of Time. ~Aulus Gellius


I used to long to dream in color
for I lived in a black and white world
all the edges of my day
 were cut like diamonds in a card board box
that had no cracks big enough
to let in the light
since then I have learned
 the art of living is a slow lesson
and sometimes what we learn
takes days that blend into years
to finally understand and truly see
to live you must be willing
to first face the truth
 then accept what is before you
and forgive what is in the past
it is a process of movement
letting go and moving on
brush strokes of beauty
do not come from still hands
most lessons are better learned
by doing
and no one else can do it for us

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Love Flows Deep

Photography by Edouard Boubat

Linking with the Sunday Muse for Muse # 68
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“Every seashell is a broken star scattered in the sand.  A tiny wisp of the ocean lies trapped in it throbbing, for a lost wish.”    ~Author unknown

My grandmother had a huge conch seashell that she used as a door stop.  Her home was an old small house that was probably un-level making doors not stay ajar, but I loved it there.  My most fond childhood memories were there with my grandparents.  For years in my adulthood I would go to that place in my dreams.   A simple old house that held an ocean of lovely memories, much like that seashell that my grandmother had convinced me held the sounds of the sea deep inside for me to hear.

Love finds us
and holds us close
Tight yet gentle
Like a mother’s arms
We learn to hold on
And then we carry it with us
Through storm’s journey
And sunny shores
No matter how far off we drift
it remains close enough to hear
It is a majestic ocean
Within our veins
And we can never be lost
If we learn to truly listen 
To our heart

Friday, August 9, 2019

The Splendor of Simple Things

Linking with Toni's wonderful Wednesday Muse "Butterflies"

Would that I might
always have the heart
of chasing butterflies!
~Japanese hokku

In a world full of
 loud trucks
 crime
 and heartache
It is wonderful to have
 the softer and sweeter things
in life
like a light shower in summer
 rainbows across the sky
  flowers and butterflies.