
Simple are the quiet moments
Woven in the sun
When the forest rests, stars awake
And the rivers softly run
Simple are these sacred moments
When the daylight is done
This tapestry of natures’ song
Woven in the sun
April 16, 2022
April 8, 2022
April 1, 2022
March 27, 2022
March 26, 2022
December 4, 2021
September 25, 2021
He loved the woods.
Far away from the cubicle, that multi-walled conformity machine, marooned within the lower decks of the information factory, the silence of the woods beckoned.
The green and blue embrace of the day helped purge the frenzy of digital decay.
It won’t be long before our brains are forever wired to the internet, he thought. There will be no escape. Close your eyes and all you’ll be permitted to see and imagine will be online shopping, slaves to the selfish bourgeois.
It will be the law.
But not in the woods. Here in the woods it was different. There were no traffic jams in the woods. No crowded subways full of people casting zombie gazes, staring holes through each other like they didn’t exist. No suits, no ties, no shiny abyss.
Just the company of simple things.
The sun was hot but felt good on his face, as the warm breeze waltzed its way through the fragrant evergreens, back and forth, back and forth, beneath the bluest of skies.
As ancient stones glowed in the daylight descending, it was time to transcend into the sacred transcending. Blue gently turned to black as he lit the fire and breathed the night air. And sitting in the calm of the moment, he surrendered to the woods, and the woods answered him in kind, granting those elusive gifts, self-awareness and peace of mind.
We should all love the woods.
August 27, 2021
August 7, 2021
August 1, 2021
Can we listen to the waters
Hear the woodlands speak
Open our eyes to the skies
See our follies and deceits
Can we learn from the stars
Ever straining out of reach
Like the sharp edges of truth
Always hurt, before they teach
Can we listen to the sounds of wisdom
The wind through the trees
Open our eyes to the skies
Begin again to see