A wandering mind trying to express itself. I want you to BE where I am through my words and photos.
The warmth of the sun
Thaws my frozen heart to the splendor of the spring
The birds sing wildly
Searching for a mate
My bare skin…Bronzed from this life giving source
A stirring deep inside
Beckons me to be free
Love returns to my weary soul
A calmness of immense silence settles in
The day has begun
Welcome to my morning
One day, sitting on the soft sand beach, minding her own business making dribble castles in the sand, a small child saw a seagull trying to open up a big snail shell.
“What are you doing “, kindly asked the little girl.
The creator has played a trick on us. “He’s given us these succulent snails…one would feed me and my family. I just can’t figure out how to break these tough shells.
The child thought, “I’ve used sticks and other sharp things,” she said.
“Great for you,” he squawked, in only the way a seagull can. “You have hands and are strong.”
The child thought again.
Hours seemed to pass and the two sat on the edge of the beach and thought hard together.
They stopped the pelican as he flew by, “do you know how the seagull can enjoy these delicious snails?”
The pelican laughed and explained he ate only fish and dropped down on them from very high in the sky.
Next they stopped the osprey…he explained he also only ate fish and spotted them from high in the sky, then would dive straight into the water. He flew off being of no help to the child or seagull.
Soon an otter came swimming by tangled up in the seaweed and rolling around a couple of rocks.
“Oh Otter of the sea, how do you break open the clams and spiny urchins you enjoy?”
The otter playfully answered, “why with rocks of course.”
The three of them sat down on a gigantic rock and starring into the sky and at the drifting clouds.
All at once a raven flew by and saw the three.
“What seems to be the problem?” he quizzed the three.
The child explained the raven the seagull’s dilemma.
The raven laughed out load, “that’s a simple problem to solve,” as he flew high into the sky with the snail.
The seagull got angry and was about to fly after him when he let go of the snail.
It fell to the rocky shore with a loud crack!
The raven flew back and asked the seagull what he was waiting for.
The four of them went over to where the snail had fallen and there before them…was the snail cracked wide open.
The child giggled.
Between all the birds and the otter, the raven had used a bit from them all.
The seagull gathered up all the snails it could find before the tide came in.
The otter swam deep into the kelp and brought a tasty bunch of clams.
The raven brought an ear of corn.
The child starred with delight at this huge feast.
All her new animal friends shared in the feast and all nestled down and fell fast asleep.
In the morning, the child woke to the otter cradling her in her arms.
The child thanked the otter and wandered back into the woods.
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The sun began to sink below the horizon
“How beautiful,” the child thought
The sky filled with the most wonderful colors…
Pale at first, then growing deeper and more brilliant.
The deep reds and oranges, delighted the child.
She sat down on a smooth branch and began to sing
The song birds of the sky joined in wishing the sun a good night.
Just then a huge turtle appeared at the edge of the lagoon
His shell was dark brown with green edges from age.
His face was the color of the dark green sea
His eyes told stories of ancient oceans and all the miles he’d traveled
The child went over to turtle and touched his leathery skin
She could feel the silence and loneliness of his life
The turtle took his mighty flipper and scooped the child onto his back and lumbered back into the sea
As they floated he told the child stories of the sky, the stars and the moon
The child fell fast asleep and dreamed of the things the turtle said
She dreamed the most marvelous dreams and when she awoke, she couldn’t believe her eyes
The sky had filled with stars, millions and billions of stars as far as she could see.
She then looked deep into the water… at first she couldn’t believe her eyes
The stars, reflecting in the lagoon, seemed to light up as the turtles flipper cut through the water.
She gazed with delight, giggling as the bluish green sparkles lit up the sky reflected in the still water.
Soon the child fell into a trance of swirling luminescence and stars.
The turtle found some seaweed and gently covered the child as she drifted away into the emptiness.
In the morning, the sun greeted the night and dismissed it filling the sky with pinks and purples.
The child awoke from her sleep, nestled in her hammock at the edge of the lagoon.
Her dream had ended and she stretched to greet the day, smiled at the sun and felt thankful for the new day
One day, a small child was walking along the beach.
She was very sad
So sad, as she walked huge tears fell from her eyes and filled an ocean
The animals of the forest and streams came to see if they could comfort her but they didn’t know what to do
So the child turned towards the ocean and began to walk
She walked and walked until the animals of the forest and streams could see her no longer see her
The child began to see the most wonderful things
There were turtles and fishes, dolphins and whales
She was floating in the ocean
Watching as the colors were illuminated by the sun as it’s splintered light entered the ocean
All at once, the child realized she was running out of air
First the turtle came to see what he could do
But he found his flippers couldn’t hold her up
The turtle swam off to get help
The child began to feel tired and began to drift off
She was dying and she didn’t understand
She tried to breathe but the water filled her lungs
Soon the whale came back with the turtle
They saw the child floating lifeless
They were very sad
The whale drew on his vast knowledge and opened his mouth
He gently scooped up the child and began his journey to the surface
The small child woke up and felt a soft surface in the dark
She snuggled up and began to dream
In her dream she was playing in her favorite field of daisies
The butterflies tickled her nose
As she looked up in her dream to see the sun
The whale opened his mouth
He stuck out his long tongue and watched the small child walk to the beach
She turned around and saw the whale
The animals of the ocean gathered around the whale
There were dolphins and turtles
Whales and fishes
Underwater flying animals with big wings of black and white
There were fishes of all colors and shapes
She giggled as the flying fish performed tricks
The whale softly spoke in whale talk
He thanked the child for creating the ocean with her tears
He told her a secret and the child smiled
Her tears dried and she found peace in her heart
I look into the dark abyss
The darkness seems to go on forever
I can hear the slapping of the waves on the bottom of the small boat
A rhythmic sound that fades into the silence of my mind
I look deeper and deeper
Melting into the depths of the sea until I am the sea
Emerging from the depths I can see the shadowy colors of the silent sentinel of the deep
With grace and finesse in its movements
The slow accent to the surface
Breaking the surface in stealthy silence
The huge head rising up
I gaze into the glassy eye
We look into each other’s soul.
I reach out my hand and this gentle giant nuzzles it
The release of its breath
I inhale
This bohemoth rises further into the air as if weightless
Sleek
Powerful
Graceful
Ancient
In a land of wonder
Once a small child lived among the animals of the sky, streams and deserts.
She sought silence in the vast mountains that surrounded her home.
One night during a fitful dream,
The White Buffalo came to her in dreams of grief and sorrow, He’d spread his wings…
Rainbows and fire filled the sky
In his path he burned everything evil from the child’s mind and the rainbows were his promise.
The heart of Otter still guarded her
With love she thanked the White Buffalo and she drifted off into a deep sleep.
The stars told the story that night
The moon smiled
The child dreamed of sunlight bouncing off moonbeams and all her sorrows went away.
She woke to the new day
She smiled at the sun and
Felt the beating of her heart
Surrounded by light she danced and sang
She rested among the flowers
The tormentors are gone
She smiled and her smile
Was brighter than the sun and the animals of the sky, streams and deserts surrounded her and rejoiced.
Wandering at ‘One’ with Mother Earth…
Lovingly forever a part with Nature…
Always in the tender embrace of the Earth Mother…
Intune with Her eternal heartbeat…
Free flowing rivers…
The very lifeblood…
The very pulse of Her life…
So lovingly She has nurtured us…
So generous She has been…
Yet sadly it seems, Mankind has been ungrateful…
Are We?
Beloved children of Earth Mother, the time to care…
To return to the LOVE IS…NOW…TODAY!
IT IS PAST TIME TO REALIZE…
We have used and abused Her…
We have ravaged and poisoned Her…
We have weakened Her strength!
She, our beloved Mother, can no longer be ignored! She is ‘Our only Earth Mother…
We all walk upon
Our only Earth Mother’…
We are all blessed to enjoy Her many miracles…
Taking care of Her, MUST be of great importance, or life, as we know it…
Will quickly fade away…
And our children and Grandchildren…
Children of Earth will no longer walk upon Her…
Our Beloved Mother Earth! Namaste…
Blessed be all life…
And our Beloved Mother!
Just the musings of an old hippie… hope you enjoy.
I hear a slow methodical drum beat as I walk on this ground
Ground of the ancients whose footsteps blessed this land
Whose love of life and their surroundings
Brought them peace and serenity
Brought them a simple existence
Land that cradled them in her bosom
Provided for them
I walk silently…carefully
Each footstep a new story
The new cycle begins
Another trip around the life giving sun
Another chance
Today I leave behind only my footprints
A blessing in each
Someday I will return here
In the spirit of death
A shadow of time
I will become the elder
The keeper of woman’s wisdom and love
Some days things are just right
The morning brings sunshine
Birds sing
The warmth fills into the spaces, the night has left behind
The chill escapes unnoticed
I drink in the early light
Today, the sun was missing
The clouds laughed at my wishes
The vast sky looming above
The clouds drift by in heavy formations
Billowing to the top of the sky in endless flowing and changing shapes
The birds sing their joy
Tiny babes can be heard calling mother back to the nest
The sound of water as it meanders down the creek bed
Bubbling over the rocks
Sneaking beneath overhangs where fish sit poised for the next meal
The aspens still waking from a cold winter
Have the tiniest almost translucent pale green leaves
The subAlpines and black pines soar like silent sentinels above the sage
Whole fields of deep green dotted with brilliant yellow flowers for as far as the eye can see blanket hillsides
This is our new home
Travelers of both time and space
No longer slave to the clock
A sanctuary made by Mother Nature
Observed in silence and reverence
Existing as the flow of the river
As invisible as the wind
Setting and rising like the moon
This is our new home
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