Flower Moon

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When the willows weep at night
they call to the flower moon
Come and spread your light
through our slender tendrils
as beetles scurry underfoot
banish the deepening gloom.

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Thoughts From An Opal Child

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As I grow older, time is racing by, as if I am on a high-speed train barreling towards the end of my life. One minute, I am turning a page in the calendar and greeting a new month, and the next a new year is on the horizon. I find myself thinking a lot about my own mortality, and my legacy.  Career, success, recognition, money- goals once so important, seem so frivolous now.
I’ll be 64 October 1st, and more than half my life is over. Every time that thought enters my head, I hear the Beatles song- When I’m 64. In my heart, I’m still that 60’s flower child. Read More

Feed

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Golden caramel eyes stalking her
across the sea of strangers
a shiver runs up her spine
as she senses impending danger.

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Warrior

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She fought the gorgeous storm
with all her delicate strength
Spent and tired, at last she fell
giving in to the mighty wind.

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Masterpiece

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Collecting porcelain pieces of her fractured heart
the girl once so innocent, now wary and guarded
works to ease the pain from the knifelike shards
creating a masterpiece out of her broken parts.

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