No Time for Dancing

The Music was all around me
but I forgot to listen

Years of sacrifice, planning and preparation
for the moment when my life would be complete
Every Box checked, The To-Do List Finished
and the balance sheet adding up to zero

But every year something didn't add up
There were losses I couldn't see
Things slipping away
Like time between the pages
of reports and receipts

Not knowing why
the numbers didn't seem to work
I go outside to clear my head
and try to think

The glaring Sun
shines in my eyes
I squint to look and see
What is around me

People dancing... How Strange!
Children doing cartwheels... How Bizarre!
A dog galloping through the water, his mouth agape... Stupid Animals, I shrug

Ah!  I Remember Now!
I forgot the Groceries!

Broken Pieces of my Heart

Softly dancing, a shadow of love

Awakening fear, pain and desire

My heart is broken, beating off key

Cracks, scars, tears and tears

Repairing and healing, but breaking at once

Gold dust, scattering like rain

Mending the pieces, that seem to hold

with particles of sand

Jagged, golden, beautiful edges

Reflecting the light

Every crack a memory

A moment, that was meaningful, beautiful and true

A moment, when the world seemed to come crashing

Crushing trivial concerns

Falling to the ground, gasping for air

Wanting nothing more than one moment, one breadth

Another second in this body I possess

Returning to the present

The silence is deafening

Realizing I’m alive and here

Taking one step, withholding my fear

The next one could be my last

But I move on

Blood spilling from my heart

Messy and black

Holding my hand to my chest

I try once again

“I love you”

No Fear

Thump... Thump... Thump...  Thump...

The Stomping, the pounding

His hooves on the ground

The Rhinoceros,

flares his Tusks

Confident and Proud

His eyes are sharp,

Focused and True

No fear... No fear....

We all die soon

He sees the future

The world around

People jumping, 

spinning, falling down

Certainty is lacking

the decision to decide

The symbols of chaos

The shattered patterns of light

But he sees the future

Bold, courageous and true

All fear has left

Howling to the moon

Seconds float by

but years have passed

Shattered dreams

letting go at last

Living this moment

Living for now

Beating the drum

Hearing the sound

The night has fallen

Time for dreams

No longer living

with broken seams

Seizing this moment

as the moment seizes me

All fear is gone

This moment, This dream.

A Moment of Clarity

A moment of clarity

A moment of peace

The feeling of Love

The planting of a seed

Growing within

Growing without

Filling my heart

My lungs, my mouth

Love fills my life

and all I know

My family, my friends, 

the ones I hold close

People forgotten

we begin again

Love is only clouded

never to end

The water flowing

through the streams

Waves are crashing

the rhythm of dreams

The moon is pushing

and pulling it around

Majestic, beautiful

ominous and proud

Love within

Love without

embracing this life

the love all around

Forgetting the pain

at least the one called "Mine"

Love heals all...

All in due time.

A moment of clarity

A moment of peace

Riding slowly down

the river of dreams

Everyday Miracles

The Moon,

A mountain floating in the sky.

The Clouds,

Large bodies of water suspended in air.

The Earth,

Billions of years of wisdom.

My Heart,

Pumping, pumping, life into my limbs.

My Mind,

The Mirror of God.

This Moment....

This Moment....

That is All.

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