by Lesley | Oct 4, 2017 | bliss, consciousness, love, Sound, Surrender |
Like lovers attracted by forces beyond their control the sun and moon magnetize. As they merge, the dusky moon overlaps the persimmon sun— a bite from an apple. Then darkness— all goes quiet, the robins silent the squirrels still. Totality. ...
by Lesley | Apr 5, 2017 | Beloved, bliss, child, courage, Devotion, Soul, Surrender |
I say goodbye to a doll who wears a cotton dress and a pine-green coat her hair cut in one spot down to the roots, my 8-year-old attempt at being a hairdresser. I also wave farewell to a teddy bear who I used hold in the night. He once played music but...
by Lesley | Mar 1, 2017 | Beloved, bliss, courage, Surrender |
It drifts in from the west a cloud, dark and churning. Sitting on a ridge top, we watch its drunken steps as it careens toward us. Do we hunker down? Do we run for cover? We stay still trusting the promise hidden within its vapor. From my...
by Lesley | Jan 19, 2017 | Beloved, bliss, courage, Creativity, Soul, Surrender |
Just now, under the frozen earth the seed awakens. Its heart begins a faint thump, thump, and its tiny hands tucked in tight tremble with a life ready to burst forth in spring. So do I, kissed by a warming sun feel the pulse of new energy beat within. ...
by Lesley | Jan 10, 2017 | Beloved, bliss, consciousness, courage, Devotion, Soul, Surrender |
The pain in my stomach the wrangling with my neighbor the bills the restless winter nights, these are the water in which I learn to swim. “Can’t I just stand on shore while You teach me?” the mind pleads. “No.” I dive in so the Beloved can show me...
by Lesley | Dec 20, 2016 | Beloved, bliss, courage, Creativity, Devotion, eternity, Forgiveness, journey, love, Relationships |
That hurt that stops you like a bear trap, metal teeth cutting to the bone is really but a raindrop on a hot rock. It sizzles and then evaporates. But the mind tells the story of pain and blood, and a cold winter storm until the hurt becomes a bomb dropped on...
