Invisible

Posted on June 27, 2018 by eteal

The pavement was grey,

And gravelly and damp…

I almost stepped on You!

The sacred is often hard to see

invisible…

Everywhere…

Even in the damp gravelly pavement of life.

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Sunrain

Posted on June 26, 2018 by eteal

The sun sparkled on the raindrops,

The world was alight with golden light.

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Thunder rumbled,

And the little white dog stared out the window as the rain fell in the sunshine,

While her sister hid under the sofa.

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Oh Great Mystery ,

May I be brave enough to see your beauty, always.

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Terre

Posted on June 24, 2018 by eteal

No collar,

No leash,

He bounced into the house…

Racing in,

Tail high,

Stopping suddenly in front of me

As if to say,

Well, huh,

I wasn’t expecting to find You here…

Me either….

But here we are!

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Sunshine and mud

Posted on June 24, 2018 by eteal

The sun was bright,

And thru an opening in the canopy of green,

Splashing in the mud from yesterday’s rain,

Was a lesson in Joy!

They teach: no mud, no lotus…

But remember also:

No play, no lotus.

Thus:

Know mud…know play!

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Distant thoughts

Posted on June 23, 2018 by eteal

Contemplation

In this moment,

brings future moments.

we can only see the into the distance,

when We look closely at the present.

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Giggles

Posted on June 22, 2018 by eteal

She sat wordlessly in her chair.

Barely noticing that we were there.

Then,

She reached out with a single manicured nail,

Pink paint peeling,

And tentatively touched the poodle’s head.

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There was a long pause, and then the air was filled with thousands of ringing silver bells,

Her mouth open,

Teeth having vacated their residence long ago.

Peels of laughter fell out.

And joy filled the world.

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Ancient battle

Posted on June 20, 2018 by eteal

Ambushed

You leap out in your ancestral armor….

Ancient and well shielded,

You are an evolutionary survivor….

Perhaps the future is yours.

But for now,

We have to live together.

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Agile

Posted on June 20, 2018 by eteal

Young and excited

All legs and possibilities,

She leapt into the air…

Wings are not needed for flight –

Enthusiasm is.

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Greetings

Posted on June 19, 2018 by eteal

When you meet a stranger,

Of a culture not your own,

Proper etiquette dictates you bow

And invite them in.

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Hope & Feathers

Posted on June 18, 2018 by eteal

Poets tell me Hope is a feathered thing,

Like a bird on the wing,

Swifts and swallows swoop in pentameters…

Calling me to action.

But but also to rest.

Let Hope

roost in your hands and your heart.

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