Month: July 2024

Fair

On the way home from the library Stephanie stopped off to treat them to a cool refresher drink. By this time, the car had become very quiet. Kellan was in the back seat already deep in his book. Keagan was exploring his, and Aurora was reading away at hers, page after page. She suddenly looks up and says, 

“My brain is too smart now, there is no more room, 

because this is taking over!” —(as she looks at her book.)

only sometimes I

walk outside after dark,

Barefoot on

the cool soft grass

feeling the renewal come

from deep inside the earth

Replenishing tired feet

and calming the spirit,

the energy of nature …

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The sound of silence …

Or a whispered breeze

Or a sound of my pin oak leaves

Or an inspiration

That enters my head

It is the sounds that go quietly instead

With the sound of silence .

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A reflection set, a glance,

mirrored back the soul,

as narcissus asks himself

will I ever grow old.

The water shivers and

and refuses to say.

He looks again closer,

insisting to know.

He slips and falls

into the murky tow .

2024. copyright; CMM

Life settles to an understanding which keeps defining and redefining understanding. I just keep asking God to hold on to me. I want to be here for the family but sometimes I become exhausted. Let us continue to pray and hold on to the reigns. It is not just our lives, but the lives affected by the rumblings of our nation and our world. 

I figured out why happy does not feel the same as it used to. How can it? Our consciousness is being reminded every minute; all is not right with the world. So instead of laughing loudly when we can laugh, or crying when we think we should. It is manifested by our very existent in a world of ‘sorrow’ around the world.