WHOLENESS
“To be great, be whole;
Exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you.
Be whole in everything. Put all you are
Into the smallest thing you do.
So, in each lake, the moon shines with splendor
Because ...
HOLY GROUND
* MUSING * written by Elaina Sep 2018
broken
in the image of God
forsaken
in the rain
tempted
by memory
I whirl
as gravity jokes
clumsily
flowing into dance
united
in a gaze
stunned
by freedo...
SELF-ACTUALIZATION
“Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.” ~ Marcus Aurelius...
CHIMES FIRE
* MUSING * written by Elaina Sep 2018
Ringing of the bell chimes FIRE. Compelled to soften in the rage.
An open wombfor rising flames. Bearing witness to the blaze.
Black dust blows. The char...
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...
RESOLVE
“Resolve and thou art free.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
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...
Patience
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." — Ralph Waldo Emerson...
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...
Trust
"It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul...