Dryad's Haven

The Night, The Moon and Me

2012-02-02T22:39:00.000-08:00

The cold, black stillness of the night

Crept in my heart to stay,

The countless stars pricked at my mind,

The moon stalked me like prey.

Then, as I felt night’s icy gaze

Steal my hushed breath away,

I longed to toss my head backward,

Lift up my voice and bay.

Within the Dryad's Tears

2012-01-29T22:32:00.000-08:00

In the darkest gray of winter,
When memories of spring had died,
A small trace of summer lingered
In every tear the Dryad cried.

An Apology....

2012-01-25T23:27:00.000-08:00

You have probably noticed that I have slowed down my work here over the past year. I'm sorry. I have been working on another blog, Each Day A Praise, and it has taken up quite a bit of the time I have had to spare. But I am about to shuffle off some of my obligations now, and I hope to be back here more often. I miss my Haven and the mysteries that linger within it. In the interim, please drop by
http://eachdayapraise.blogspot.com/ sometime. I'll watch for you there and be back here very soon.

By way of an apology, here are a few of my favorite photos from our recent snow storm.

With Love,
The Dryad

My Wee Knight Grows Up

2012-01-24T20:01:00.000-08:00

I remember how sweet you were,

All those years ago,

And now I find you all grown up.

Where did all those year go?

You looked so brave in your armor

When you met that dragon.

You looked so proud, it was so real,

And its tail was waggin.

Again today you look that proud

And life is bound to please.

It may not be quite “dragon cool”,

But you’re holding car keys.

My little knight’s a teenager

I laugh, and yet I cry.

Ten years have passed and you’re all grown.

I miss that little guy!

But I can’t wait to see the world

That you have by the tail.

You’re still my brave and gallant knight

And you’ll always prevail.

Happy New Year 2012!!!

2012-01-01T20:18:00.001-08:00

The Hiding Place

2011-12-23T22:29:00.000-08:00

Twas often that she slipped away

Into a quiet place

Where stillness filled the darkness

And pain showed not its face.

There in her secret, quiet world

No lies were ever told,

No one she loved would ever leave,

Or ever grow too old.

It was a place where stillness reigned,

Where teardrops never fell,

For no one else intruded there

Where sorrow dared not dwell,

Born in the realm of sadness,

Cast on the shores of grief,

She knew no respite from the storms,

Had no hope of relief

Until she stumbled, in despair,

Upon her silent realm.

There grief was held, at last, at bay

And peace stood at the helm.

She never found a way to live

Within her peace too long,

But she could linger long enough

To help her get along.

A Dream

2011-12-03T21:01:00.000-08:00

I woke up from a dream of you,

You lingered in my head.

I wondered if it meant something

And I was filled with dread.

But I will never know the truth,

For we are out of touch,

Though I still think of you often

And miss you very much.

You were the friend I loved too much,

But then had to let go,

And now you’re showing up again

In dreams that haunt me so.

I’m sure it’s just a restless thought

That rose up through my sleep,

But it left me a memory

That I now get to keep.

Ducks In A Row

2011-11-20T17:54:00.000-08:00

Sometimes the puzzle’s just too hard,

The pieces won’t all go.

No matter how hard I might try

My ducks aren’t in a row.

I wave my arms and circle fast

With nothing much to show

Because, no matter how I rush,

My ducks aren’t in a row.

My sweat and tears just get me wet,

The garden still won’t grow.

No matter how hard I might work

My ducks aren’t in a row.

And so I’m giving duck wrangling

A big, hearty heave ho,

For life is about so much more

Than ducks all in a row!

The Mists of Winter

2011-11-10T11:14:00.000-08:00

When all the world is swathed in mist,

Though dawn’s well lost to day,

The bitter chill still streaks the air

For winter’s on its way.

When all the song birds of the sky

Are hiding in deep boughs

Of slumbering trees, cloaked in mist,

That sunlight cannot rouse.

When darkness wraps its chilly hands

Around the sun in flight

And hurries it down from the sky,

Reclaiming it for night,

Then it’s too late to curse the cold,

For winter time is here;

And with it comes the mist that shrouds

The dark half of the year.

Cloudy Night

2011-11-07T23:31:00.000-08:00

She loved to see the little stars

That lit the winter sky,

Each night she’d count them, one by one,

As they went flitting by.

So when the night was wrapped in clouds

That hid each twinkling star,

She wept because she could not see

Them shining from afar.

But when the moon peeked out to see

What her tears were about,

She realized the clouds would melt

And her stars come back out.

The Distant Sail

2011-10-28T23:02:00.000-07:00

I live within the wind swept sea,

I dwell upon the shore,

I hide where sky and water meet

And then are seen no more.

I am the sail, I am the wind,

I am the rocky shore,

I am the far horizon from

Which you return no more.

Bogged Down in the Clouds

2011-10-27T22:42:00.000-07:00

You tried to climb the misty sky,

But bogged down in the cloud.

You tried to shrug them off, but they

Clung to you like a shroud

And so you sat there sulkily,

Your face pursed in a pout,

Until the clouds relented and

They blithely let you out!

Balance

2011-10-27T22:31:00.000-07:00

And who can balance all of this?

There’s so much on my plate;

I get up early every day

And stay up way too late.

But all of that’s to no avail,

When all is said and done,

If I can’t balance all of this

My world won't be much fun!

Now That's a Shame

2011-10-27T22:22:00.000-07:00

When I woke up alone again

I tried to call your name,

But, since I don’t know who you are,

I called and no one came.

It’s not your fault that you aren’t here,

You truly bear no blame,

But I would love to see your face

And that’s the biggest shame.

The Child of the Wild, Wild Wind

2011-10-09T23:04:00.000-07:00

Where have you sailed on the empty, wild wind,

How far, far away will you roam?

How long will you linger beyond my sight

And why will you never come home?

Oh, did you know that you carried my heart

When you sailed to the world’s far end?

I could easier live without my heart

Than the child of the wild, wild wind.

I called to the clouds to bind the wild wind

And free you from its siren song,

But they just laughed as they drifted away

And the wild wind urged them along.

Oh, did you know that you carried my heart

When you sailed to the world’s far end?

I could easier live without my heart

Than the child of the wild, wild wind.

When the impish stars all come twinkling out

To frolic with the wayward moon

I’ll beg the wild winds to carry you home,

But I know that you won’t come soon.

Oh, did you know that you carried my heart

When you sailed to the world’s far end?

I could easier live without my heart

Than the child of the wild, wild wind.

So I sit and I watch the wild, wild wind

As it tatters the frothy foam

And I know that I’ll belong to the sea

‘Ere the wild, wild winds bring you home.

Oh, did you know that you carried my heart

When you sailed to the world’s far end?

I could easier live without my heart

Than the child of the wild, wild wind.

Autumn Leaves

2011-10-03T23:41:00.000-07:00

With their palms turned to the sky,

They shiver in the sun,

Though the shades of autumn's laughter

Still tint them every one.

Evening Whispers

2011-08-19T23:29:00.000-07:00

In the quiet span of evening,

When the moon’s about to rise,

I sometimes think I hear the whisper

Of the fairies' tempting lies.

Just little whispers of the pleasures

Only they can bring to me,

Like dancing on the frothy waters

Of the dark’ning moonlit sea;

Or sipping nectar from the blossoms

Growing down below the stream

Where the frogs and crickets murmur

In their sleepy starlight dream.

Bright founts of starlight splash the grasses

Where they dance without a trace;

Weaving seductively through shadows

Long enthralled by their embrace.

Oh how I long to heed their whispers,

Join them where the moonlight sways;

Dancing, lost in light ethereal,

Where the restless streamlet plays.

But I am not formed out of moonlight,

I can’t dance the starlight sea,

And all the dreaming frogs and crickets,

Never will they dream of me.

For I am bound to live in daylight,

Toiling neath the glaring sun,

And only listening for whispers

Just as moonrise has begun.

Mysty Morning

2011-08-16T23:17:00.000-07:00

A little wisp of whimsy
A dash of misty sky
A splash of secret sunrise
A happy purple sigh

Sun Rising into the Mist

2011-08-16T23:05:00.000-07:00

That Sweet Puppy Pose

2011-08-16T22:59:00.001-07:00

Full Moon Waning - 4 Days of Moonrise

2011-08-16T22:56:00.000-07:00

The Dryad's Heart

2011-07-22T23:30:00.000-07:00

She wept beneath a summer sky,

The stars her spattered tears.

Though ageless, she still felt the pain

Of all those passing years.

The dryad wept for all the young

That she had never bourn

And for the dreams, once rich and green,

That from her life were torn.

She wept for all the things undone

Before her life was bound;

She wept for all the songs unsung,

Their silent, voiceless sound.

The Dryad wept for summers past

That only she recalls;

She wept for all the streams she’d known,

Their rills and frothing falls.

She wept for autumn’s golden leaves,

All twined within her hair

And for the snows of winters gone

That left her branches bare.

When she was done she dried her eyes

And reached up to the sky;

She plucked the moon to be her heart

As it was passing by.

For it is cold and never feels

The pain of passing years;

And if new stars should fill her eyes

They won’t splash down as tears.

How Many Daisies Can You See?

2011-07-15T21:01:00.000-07:00

Look Closely, many of the water droplets reflect the daisies that surround this one. I LOVE the rain and all the blessings it brings. Especially those most unexpected!

Early Morning Song

2011-07-03T22:57:00.000-07:00

The music of the morning
Draws me from my bed
The sweet song of the finches
Lilting in the trees
Whirring of the hummingbirds
Humming of the bees
They form a little chorus
There inside my head

I wish to heck they'd all shut up
Then I'd go back to bed!

Tears and a Tan

2011-06-21T23:47:00.000-07:00

She felt the tears spill down her cheeks,

They prickled as they fell,

But also they helped quell the flames

Within her private hell.

There was no way out of her hell,

All roads lead right back in.

At least she liked the flame scorched tan

That tinged her blistered skin.

And so she wept her prickly tears.

But when she’d cried a spell

She wiped the tears from off her checks

And wandered back through hell.

The Moon on a Breezy Night

2011-06-13T23:06:00.000-07:00

Whispers against the window,
The wind chime sings a tune,
Clouds are dashing from the sky
The night, the breeze, the moon.

Eagle in the Morning

2011-05-22T23:17:00.000-07:00

Look Who Got Caught

2011-05-10T09:38:00.000-07:00

He got snagged up in the tree out front when he was hanging around trying to peek in the upstairs windows!

Aging with Grace

2011-05-08T21:48:00.000-07:00

Thus as she felt her beauty fade,

The tulip made of sunlight,

Rejoiced that in her humble bed

A fiery bulb bloomed bright.

A bulb so new that when she fell,

Abandoning all delight,

The bed would gleam still with the blaze

Of its ethereal light.

Swallows in the Morning

2011-05-05T23:48:00.000-07:00

What is it about a good preening that make you want to stretch your wings and FLY!!!!

Or maybe a good scratch!

Haunted Night

2011-04-28T00:14:00.000-07:00

The night’s so dark, I feel its breath

Tingling down my neck;

The rain is sliding down my pane

And pooling on the deck.

I hear soft voices whispering

Behind each closed, locked door…

I think they’re trying to get in,

But I want out much more.

Tulips and Tears

2011-04-25T23:45:00.000-07:00

The Vanity of the Sun

2011-04-18T12:32:00.000-07:00

As Sol rose up to touch the sea

He lingered near the shore

He bent to see how brilliantly

He shone, and to adore

His face reflected in the sea,

Then he moved up on shore.

For as Narcissus used to be,

Sol’s vanity is lore,

And he insists that he must see

His face reflected more.

Thus even drops, small as can be,

Reflect small Sols galore.

My Father's Face

2011-03-28T22:46:00.000-07:00

In the spring, when all his flowers begin to bloom, I see my father again in his gardens and in his orchard. When I sit on his tractor and mow his pasture, I hear his voice in my ear, whispering just below the rumbling sound of the engine.

I'm excited to have Spring so close, the first blooms are beginning to show. I've so missed him, but now

I see his face again, in each new bloom.

My Peeping Tom

2011-03-23T22:23:00.000-07:00

Last night, as I lay sleeping snug

Within in my cozy bed,

I heard a soft voice whispering

Within my drowsy head.

I wakened from my quiet dreams,

I felt someone was near.

Then I saw him outside my room

And inside he did peer.

So bright his gaze across my bed,

I felt a strange delight.

No doubt a handsome face like his

Could light up any night.

And yet he chose my window sill

To pause and peer into.

So I invited him on in.

What was a girl to do?!!

The Full Moon in Perigee March 19, 2011

2011-03-19T23:15:00.001-07:00

Thank You, For All You've Done

2011-03-14T19:48:00.000-07:00

Thank you for the patient years

That you have seen me through,

In all the turbulence of life

You knew just what to do.

You carried me when I was small

And much too weak to stand

And every time I needed you

You let me hold your hand.

So now that time has turned on you,

And placed you in my care,

I hope I’ll do as good a job

Of always being there

To hold you when your steps are weak,

Or help you when you fall,

For you have done so much for me,

I can’t repay it all.

So I will ask that God give you

What you’re deserving of:

The priceless gift you gave to me,

My ceaseless, patient love.

Flying into the Son

2011-03-03T23:50:00.000-08:00

A year ago you said good bye

And flew into the sun

And every day that has passed since

Hurts as much as that one.

But I am learning to believe

That, when my life is done,

I’ll follow in the path you took

And fly into the Son.

I've missed you every day that’s passed,

I’ve counted every one,

But I’ll stick with the task you set

Until my work is done.

And someday when I’ve finished here,

When all my wars are won,

You’ll come for me and lead me home,

We'll fly into the Son.

A Vivid Dream

2011-02-15T22:34:00.000-08:00

One time I dreamed that I could fly

Above the windy sea

And as I sailed above the waves

They whispered up at me,

“If only we could be like you

And live forever free!”

But then I woke upon the shore

Beside the windy sea

And all the little waves that passed

Spoke not a word to me.

Yet in my heart I still recall

How it felt to be free!

The Moth and the Flame

2011-02-14T22:14:00.000-08:00

You are the flame that draws my love

On breathless, mothlike wings;

You are the song that fills the night,

Though only my heart that sings;

Your love’s the water, sweet and pure,

And I’m the mountain springs;

You are the moon and twinkling stars,

The fire that cool night brings.

Dear Love, you are my everything

You’re all my heart’s desire

I am the moth with love singed wing

And you’re my passion’s fire.

Praise in Golden Peace

2011-02-10T21:53:00.000-08:00

The golden light of dawn is nigh,

The quick birds all on wing

Are brushing just above the waves

Where wispy mists still cling.

As morning wakes to greet the dawn

The murmur of the gull

Ripples softly across the breeze

While sleepy waters lull.

And there, below the rising sun,

Where peaceful waters flow,

The morning sings its praise to God

Within the golden glow.

Tears on the Shore

2011-01-29T21:48:00.000-08:00

I know I should be past all this,

My tears should now be dry.

At some point I have to give up

And stop these tears I cry.

For much of each day that I spend,

And most of every night,

I have no time for tears to spill

And so I hold them tight.

But now and then the wave of tears

Sweeps high upon my shore

And I am drowning in my grief;

The tears will hold no more.

Today was such a day for me,

I really can’t say why,

But I have wept and dried my tears

And grief will soon pass by.

A Spider's Song for DeAnne

2011-01-28T20:49:00.000-08:00

You spun your web of gossamer

Within the darkness of the night

Ceaselessly weaving round and round

A web to snare all who alight

What hunger did you seek to feed

When you designed your web of fright

Was it the belly’s need to feed

or artist’s need to craft delight?

What was your thinking as you spun,

Is this design a pattern trite

Or is it one of spiderdom’s

Designs of awe or fiercest might?

And as you spun your silken web

Of gossamer throughout the night

Did you suspect that with the dawn

All you’d have caught was mist and light?

Out With Friends

2011-01-27T22:22:00.000-08:00

Be back Later......

Tear Drops and Black Pearls

2011-01-27T21:28:00.000-08:00

The Muse and The Poet

2011-01-25T20:05:00.000-08:00

It’s fair, indeed, to credit the muse

For the gift to inspire,

But ‘tis the poet who takes the thought

And forms it into fire.

There can’t be flames without the muse

And none without the poet,

For one knows how to kindle the blaze

The other how to grow it.

Winter Dreaming

2011-01-17T00:42:00.000-08:00

The dryad dreams of summer blooms

Of fragrances so sweet

Of grasses drifting in the breeze

Beneath her unshod feet

The dryad settled for the winter

When snows and cold abound

Where the first buds of the spring time

Would peek above the ground

The dryad senses the rich earth

Where her roots burrow deep

And twine themselves within her dreams

While she is fast asleep

The dryad sleeps within her wood

And safe within her tree

She dreams of all that spring will bring

When winter sets her free

Last Night's Bad Dream

2011-01-17T00:03:00.000-08:00

Dreaming in slow motion

One step at a time

Never getting farther

No matter how I climb

Everything that I had planned

Transforms inside my mind

To something I had never thought

Left someplace I can’t find

Dreaming in slow motion

Running in one place

Looking in the mirror

Seeing someone else’s face

Flying and then falling

Before I hit the ground

Waking up heart pounding

The dark night all around

Here's to The Dark and The Light

2011-01-16T23:24:00.000-08:00

Here’s to the darkness I can’t quite beat

Here’s to the river of pain at my feet

Here’s to the answers I can’t seem to find

Here’s to the questions that haunt my mind

Here’s to the someone that I should be

Here’s to finding that better me

Here’s to the memories, bitter and sweet

Here’s to the dreams I can never complete

Here’s to the lover I left behind

Here’s to the love that I let unwind

Here’s to being the person I should

Here’s to turning my bad into good

Echoes

2011-01-12T23:31:00.000-08:00

Where’s the echo to the song of my heart

I’m living in the void

That drear space between night’s end and dawn

Where darkness is deployed

Where are the answers to all my questions

The ones that deal with pain

The ones that touch on fears abounding

In bitter tears and rain

Where are the blossoms of early spring

The fragrances of light

That adorned my hair when springtime was mine

And withered with the night

It all was here and then it was gone

And will not come again

Though I may drown in pooled sunlight

Where the memories remain

Psalm 143:8

2011-01-03T20:42:00.000-08:00

Psalm 143:8
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.

Pastel Moonrise at Dawn

2011-01-02T23:28:00.000-08:00

What Lilacs Do in Winter

2010-12-25T23:55:00.000-08:00

Lilacs in Winter,

sleeping with the dream of springtime and sunshine,

and little blossoms like fairies dancing at a ball...

sweet winter dreams, my lilacs.

Waking Up to Christmas

2010-12-25T23:29:00.000-08:00

The quiet of the morning,

The peace of hot cinnamon and tea,

The choirs of angels singing

In the whispering evergreen tree,

The water murmuring of new joy

As it rushes onto the shore,

The world wakes up to Christmas

And rejoices in Christ once more.

Playing Coy

2010-12-22T23:17:00.000-08:00

The misty moon rose in the sky
To meet the winter night
A little coy, she hid her face,
In gauzy filtered light

Tears of Heaven

2010-12-18T11:35:00.000-08:00

While heaven wept I hid my eyes

That they might not learn how

But when the sun came out again

It touched each branch and bough

And set each drop of broken heart

To sparkling somehow

So now I don’t hide from the clouds,

I welcome their sweet pain,

I lift my broken heart and let

It catch the sparkling rain.

Leaning on a Friend

2010-12-12T20:20:00.000-08:00

Sometimes sorrow cannot be healed

But it can be eased by a friend

A loving shoulder to lean on

May ease the pain it cannot mend

Who's That Tapping at My .... Tree?

2010-12-10T23:08:00.000-08:00

A Winter Sea

2010-12-04T22:48:00.000-08:00

Find me a place where peace still bides

Beside a winter sea,

A place where sunlight warms the mist,

That’s where to look for me.

For I have spent my time in pain

I’ve drowned in misery

But with the rising of the sun

I’ll sit beside the sea

And all the burdens of the world

Will fall away from me

And leave me like the windswept sea

Ranging wild and free

Reflections of Sorrow

2010-12-02T23:14:00.000-08:00

The skies had wept for days and days

With tears that did not end;

They spilled unceasing to the earth

Like sorrows that won’t mend.

And, as the skies wept endless tears,

I stared out through my pane;

Not all the tears reflected there

Were born of winter’s rain.

But then the skies began to clear

As if its tears had dried.

I stepped out in the clearing day

And every tear they’d cried

Had clustered on the branches of

The leafless cherry tree.

Each barren branch glistened with tears,

A sparkling memory.

But as I got a closer look,

Like magic, I could see

That each small drop on every bough

Reflected the whole tree

And suddenly I wondered if

My tears reflected me.

In A Sigh

2010-11-27T15:19:00.000-08:00

I hold my breath.

I let the world slip out

Between my lips

In a sigh

I hold my breath.

I let the sorrow settle

Into the water at my feet

With no good-bye

I hold my breath

Frustrations trail away

In the waves white froth

The tears I cry

I hold my breath.

I feel the stillness of the earth

Of the boundless water

Of the deep sky

I breathe out.

The stillness spills in

To fill the spaces now empty

Of sorrow, of frustrations

Of the world I carried

In a sigh

I am Sorrow

2010-11-27T15:06:00.000-08:00

I am sorrow and despair

I wail in darkness where no one can hear

For no one will care.

I am anguish and frustration

A failure at everything I’m meant to do

A selfish abomination.

I am heartbreak, I am wrath

I scream against the winds that drown my voice

And destroy the good in my path.

I pound my fists against the walls

That grow thicker with each blow, with each tear

That, in bitterness, falls.

Why do I continue to rise against the storms

Why do I fight for those who fight against me

I will lay down in the hurricane that forms

And be swept into the thrashing sea

I am sorrow and despair

I hear you calling my name, but I am lost

Are you still waiting out there

Winter and Summer

2010-11-26T22:21:00.000-08:00

Even in the cold of winter,

Where only darkness grows,

There abides a breath of summer

Beneath the winter snows;

For life sleeps deep beneath the frost,

Swathed in mist and haze,

Where there abides, within its roots,

The dream of summer days.

Tripped Up in Mid Flight

2010-11-24T08:53:00.000-08:00

She caught her hem upon a branch

And bent to draw it free

Instead her hair got tangled in

The branch of that great tree

And what a sight it must have been

For everyone to see

The haughty princess of the night

Snagged up at nape and knee

Winter's Love

2010-11-22T21:45:00.000-08:00

In the grayness of the winter

When all the world’s asleep,

My heart drowns in frigid waters;

The cold tears that I weep.

Somewhere in the winter’s darkness

I hear your whispered voice;

You left me on the eve of autumn

And leaving was your choice.

You could have stayed and kept me warm

While snows piled deep and chill,

You left me to warm another

And winter wracks me still

I prayed that you’d return to me

With every tear I cried,

But I know you will not return;

Your love for me has died.

That sweet spot where love first blossomed

Is shrouded in deep snows.

The scars of winter mar its beauty,

For love no longer grows.

And I will not return that way,

Though winter’s snows may melt,

For summer’s sun can never thaw

This bitter cold I’ve felt.

And in the grayness of winter

Your dead love still lives on,

Frozen within my icy heart;

It bides, though you’ve moved on.

Morning Out My Window

2010-11-11T23:34:00.000-08:00

I Love It When He Winks At Me

2010-11-11T20:45:00.000-08:00

You sit there, looking down on me,

As if you know it all;

Mysterious and secretive

You hold my mind in thrall.

You smile at me and I smile back,

I just can’t help but grin.

And then you slip softly away

And I’m alone again

Where do you go, when you leave me,

And why come back around?

You’re always just out of my reach,

So far above the ground

But still I wait each night to see

Your impish, cheery smile,

My giddy heart leaps up with joy

When we can laugh a while.

Wings and Reflections

2010-11-10T22:41:00.000-08:00

I long to sweep above the sea

My wingtips in the foam

I long to rest upon its breast

And call its waves my home

I long to wade the silent strand,

Where summer meets the sea

And watch my still reflection there

As it looks back at me

Mist and Peace

2010-11-02T23:14:00.000-07:00

Still the morning, silent the mist
Calm the restless sea
The swift wings of a passing gull
Brush by me silently

Tossed and blown, my shattered spirit
Battered without surcease
Oh, let the quiet misty dawn
Imbue me with its peace

Ducks in the Rain

2010-11-01T18:00:00.000-07:00

Oh look, how darling, ducks in the rain,

Their feet get wet, but they don’t complain

Bobbing for fishies is their delight

But off they fly when they get a fright!!

The Sun Goes Mountain Climbing

2010-10-31T20:02:00.000-07:00

The Last Rose of Summer...

2010-10-27T21:51:00.000-07:00

Autmn Leaves

2010-10-27T21:49:00.000-07:00

Dinner's On!!

2010-10-27T21:45:00.000-07:00

Okay, this blog is becomign TOO Halloween!

The Rhythm of the Winter

2010-10-26T21:53:00.000-07:00

It’s cold in my heart and cold in my world

And time appears frozen in rain.

The sun hasn’t shone for a decade or two

And it may never shine again

Rain drums on the roof and taps on the panes,

While the wind chime chatters and whirls

The inlet is frosted with white caped waves

The wind kicks it up in swift swirls

Winter is here and the dark days have come

Its time to just go back to bed

Sleep for a week or for maybe a month,

The covers up over my head

The rain starts to croon a favorite tune

A tune I’ve known many a year

The wind chime will join the melody soon

The harmony ringing out clear

The cold in my heart will begin to thaw

The music will draw out a smile

Laughter will smooth over every flaw

And I’ll hum along for a while

So let the rain dance, let the wild wind blow

Let long winter days settle in

Some things I can’t change, but one thing I know

The winter’s outside, not within!!

The Rains Begin

2010-10-25T23:44:00.000-07:00

The rain spilling down her soft cheek
Marked her wrinkles with rivulets
Of sorrow.

Immeasurable agony
Mingling with the rain on her face
As she wept.

Endless and enduring sorrow;
A love, lost even to her dreams,
Still burning.

Will the pain ever cease to tear
At her heart and her weary mind
This side of death?

Will the death of her fading mind
Be enough to silence the pain?
Will it linger?

How cruel is life, how unfair,
If all she remembers of him
Is loneliness?

I listen to the weeping night.
She sleeps and dreams he’s by her side.
And I weep, too.

Halloween Hauntings

2010-10-23T23:25:00.000-07:00

Walking in the darkness
A whisper in your ear
Don’t look back, don’t turn around
They might be getting near

Eerie voices in the night
And if you look you’re theirs
Just keep walking, move along
The darkness never cares

Hurry on, just hurry
They’re breathing down your back
Don’t you feel their burning eyes
Just run, they’re on your track

Will you reach the doorway
Before they get to you
For if they take you with them
Your Halloweens are through

Halloween on the Wing

2010-10-17T23:33:00.000-07:00

Riding on the wings of darkness
Foreshadowing the night
Coal black feathers like night's heavens
Without hope's bright starlight

Halloween is Nigh!!!

2010-10-15T12:36:00.000-07:00

There’ll be goblins at your door fairly soon
With witches in the air on their broom
Halloween is nigh, when the moon lights up the sky
To enchant each little ghostie and each goon!!!!

Trees and the Ghosts of Trees

2010-10-13T23:12:00.000-07:00

Goose Who Came to Dinner?

2010-10-11T22:06:00.000-07:00

Becoming Rock

2010-10-09T16:44:00.000-07:00

I am becoming inert, unmoving,
Chained to earth.
I am becoming rock, forever bound in one place

Life comes in to slap me in the face,
Wash over me, push me deeper into the earth;
Then it runs away, Laughing,
Waving mockingly for me to come and play
But I can’t, I am becoming rock

Oh Lord, I am afraid that I will never be alive again.
I’m afraid I will never be able to rise,
To move from the edges of life.
I am afraid that gravity will pin me forever
Just out of reach of joy, of hope, of love.

Oh lord, teach this rock to sing!
For if I can sing, bound in chains to the hard ground,
Then I can also learn to fly.
Oh Lord, teach this rock to sing once more!

18 Hours in My World

2010-10-05T23:27:00.000-07:00

The rain passed through, the skies cleared and a thumbnail moon rose over the inlet, but by morning the mist filled the inlet again.

Autumnal Joys

2010-10-03T22:55:00.000-07:00

The summer turns its face to fall
The leaves begin to die
The petals drop from every bloom
The clouds cluster and cry

And yet with all the signs of death

The air is filled with life

For with the colors of bright joy

Each dying leaf is rife

Lift up a song to autumn’s days

And let your heart be light

For winter will not last for long

And dark gives way to light

2010-10-01T00:09:00.000-07:00

The moon’s begun her jaunt across the sky

With all the little stars waving good-bye

The wispy clouds, like windswept tresses fly,

Across her face, as silent as a sigh

Moon and Flag

2010-09-30T21:50:00.001-07:00

Moving into Autumn

2010-09-27T09:53:00.000-07:00

Misty are the mornings now

And drowsy is the light

Slow to be upon their way

Are moon and secret night

The days are now much shorter

And longer dallies night

Less we see of bright old Sol

And more of damp moonlight

Loons on the Inlet

2010-09-26T11:41:00.000-07:00

A Song for Annie

2010-09-26T11:37:00.000-07:00

I drifted on a crystal lake;
The stars, in bright array,
Reflected in its mirrored face,
A glittering bouquet.
I scooped the water in my hand
And much to my delight
There in my hand for one small span
I held the twinkling light

But as it slipped out of my grasp
And back in to the sky
I do believe it winked at me
From the corner of its eye

A Playful Morning

2010-09-24T22:17:00.000-07:00

Then as the colors of the day
Burst through the sky in bright array
They washed the dark of night away
And bid my heart come out and play!

Good Night

2010-09-23T23:25:00.000-07:00

The rain spills on the darkened bay
The moon slips off to tryst
With clouds that shroud the nighttime sky
In mystery and mist.

Good night I call to absent stars
Good night to restless sea
Good night dear one, so far from here,
You mean the world to me.

Goodnight, My Light

2010-09-22T23:47:00.000-07:00

And as the night crept up on me
Dark shadows swept the sky.
Then he cast back one parting glance,
A gold glint in his eye.
All I could do was hold my breath
And whisper my good-bye!

Traces of The Bandit...

2010-09-19T23:21:00.000-07:00

Guess Who Came to Dinner...

2010-09-19T23:15:00.000-07:00

The Lord is My Shepard, I Shall Not Want

2010-09-18T19:21:00.000-07:00

My world was swathed in shadows deep,
My heart filled with despair;
The obligations I can’t meet,
The wrongs I can’t repair.
I wept until my burdened heart
Was mist drenched like the air.

And God stood back while my tears fell
Although He called to me
But I was wailing, lost in tears,
And so I could not see
The loving hand that He held out
To soothe my misery

But slowly, over all my tears,
I heard his quiet voice
He told me that I am his lamb
He asked me to rejoice
For I don’t have to live in pain
But it must be my choice.
I am his lamb, I shall not want,
Though life may have its gales
For I don’t have to fight alone
Through all of life’s travails
If I but turn my face to Him
His love always prevails

Born to Ride the Winds

2010-09-09T23:47:00.000-07:00

Penelope's Song

2010-09-08T23:44:00.001-07:00

I miss the feel of your hand holding mine
I miss your voice in my ear
I miss the feel of your cheek against mine
I miss having you right here.

Like Penelope in old Ithaca
Waiting for love to come home
I spend my days on the duties of life
My nights gazing cross the foam

I know you must do what you’ve gone to do,
I know it’s bigger than me
Though I sit here alone, night after night,
Weeping salt tears in the sea.

Come home from the wars, my Odysseus,
Come back to my lonely arms
Let my heart pillow your dear, weary head
Away from all of war’s harms.

Gold Moon Rise

2010-08-25T21:46:00.000-07:00

The Moon and the Mountain in Pastels

2010-08-23T20:49:00.000-07:00

An Osprey Pulling a Fish Out of the Inlet

2010-08-23T20:34:00.000-07:00

I saw it start its dive and I heard it hit the water. I was clicking my camera the whole time and I don't know if the first one is going in or coming out... but the second one is pretty self explanatory.