UNTETHERED
* MUSING * written by Elaina Jul 2018
We cast aside our prayers
For the nakedness of now
Purity accepts innocence
Like this passage of air
Contracting our lungs
Stripped of memories
That beckon us to bow...
THE GREAT BEYOND
* MUSING * written by Elaina Oct 2017
I cannot go beyond
the great beyond
I am seed
born hungry
which starves me
I cannot go beyond
the great beyond
I am nature
deeply penetrated
which consumes me
I cannot go...
SCULPTOR
* MUSING * written by Elaina in 2013
Trimming away senseless images
Daydreams collected in another time
Delicately the knife shaves layers of stone
Precisely peeling another lie from the mold
Reforming mat...
LOTUS UNLEASHED
* MUSING * written by Elaina in 2009
Streaming souls fly from the spine
Like liquid boiling to its bloom
The puzzle and pieces falling from their place
What time does the darkness replace the haze?
The pet...
GROWING on CANVAS
* MUSING * written by Elaina in 2010
growing on canvas
a box to frame
thoughts and visions
a creative purge
viewed as a masterpiece
dissected with symbolism
seeking some semblance
of truth, a personal r...
BEGGAR
* MUSING * written by Elaina Dec 2017
I’ve become a beggar...
Begging for a taste
Just one more instance
To savor completion
Absorbed in the nectar of perfection
Still high on memories
The bold scent...