Landing

Posted on October 20, 2019 by eteal

Wings fluttered past my face

Landing on the upturned visage of You

Blooming

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Promises Licked

Posted on October 20, 2019 by eteal

The peanut butter jar promised treasures

If only they could be reached,

Lick,

Stretch!

Yum!

Oh,

even if you can not reach the depth of the well of desire,

You can taste the sweetness of life.

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Waiting

Posted on October 18, 2019 by eteal

She sat like a golden statue,

Patient

Waiting

Longing

Until it was time to go home.

At the sight of the leash

She lept for joy!

…

Teachers are everywhere,

Most curricula is simple.

Be still,

Ask,

Receive.

Give thanks,

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Going South

Posted on October 17, 2019 by eteal

The veil grows thin,

Visitors from the North are coming in

The wings beat the air

As their calls filled my ears…

Heralding the arrival of fall in the South…

…

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Looking up

Posted on October 17, 2019 by eteal

She races out each morning now,

Gazing into the tree

To seek

Her ball.

The other day it went up,

And hasn’t come down since….

So she worships at the altar of possibilities…

Not understanding

That the ball is just a ball,

forgetting the hands that throw it.

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Here

Posted on October 16, 2019 by eteal

The bold little dog,

An expert at escaping crates,

And climbing into hearts…,

Was asked to search.

In one deep breath

he went straight to the scent…

Here!

.

Seek and ye shall find

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Permission

Posted on October 14, 2019 by eteal

The little white dog

comes to me with a small card in her mouth from the pile of recycling

Wiggling and insisting

I take it.

It is a permission slip

From a field trip long ago

Untaken…

The border collie took the card and chewed it up…

She has no need of approval of her desires,

Only the desire to bring us all along.

….

Sometimes we need others to let us know our journeys are valid.

If you need a stamp of approval,

Use this permission slip:

I am.

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Corners

Posted on October 13, 2019 by eteal

Light comes in through doors and windows

It spills in through cracks

slits in eye lids

corners of your mind

Illuminating leaping possibilities in every corner of your world…

Jump

(yes, there was a large frog inside the studio today, reminding me that all is metaphor)

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Dustpuppy?

Posted on October 12, 2019 by eteal

A dust bunny and a teddy bear

Had a baby.

One groomer kept trying to turn them into a schnauzer ,

Others scissored the soft grey fur into a Poodle

Or a possibly a very small Portuguese Water Dog

Til finally their human gave up and let them be themselves,

Ultimate Cuteness.

…………..

The moral of this story is:

Stop trying to be who others think you are,

You are far more beautiful when you let your true self shine.

……”

Or perhaps the moral is:

don’t worry if your house isn’t the cleanest…

You just might be creating your own kind of special beauty!

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Golden boy

Posted on October 11, 2019 by eteal

He strolled into the house

Like it was a home,

His.

The other cats gave way as He passed,

No feral boy was this king,

Royal to the core,

Though damaged from before…

Who doesn’t have trust issues after a broken heart,

Or abandonment?

Rather than take a throne,

He sat regally under a dining chair

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