by Lesley | Sep 23, 2015 | Beloved, courage, Creativity, Devotion, Surrender |
The mind wants to build on the old structure. But the Beloved says, “Don’t balance this sparkling window in a worn out frame. Leave all and start anew.” This requires some destruction. Pain sparks in the chest and rips through muscle and bone but...
by Lesley | Jan 14, 2015 | Beloved, courage, Creativity, Devotion |
On an icy winter day I step out of the bank and stop fast. There in front of me shuffles my mother. I see her glossy, silver hair, red wool coat and body hunched over a walker. My heart thuds in my chest. It’s an apparition, a ghost! My mother passed away more than a...
by Lesley | Sep 16, 2014 | cloud, Creativity, Dogs, Sound, Spiritual concepts |
We lounge in a meadow near a babbling brook a lone cloud inching across a sapphire sky. It has a head, my friend says pointing to the cloud. Yes, I say, as I see the canine snout protrude and a curve form along the jaw. There’s an eye! The pinhole opens....