Spiral Dancing

As we wandered outdoors

in the warm Autumn air

two monarch butterflies delighted me

by spiral dancing above our heads,

joyful moments were indeed immense.

I was walking through

red and pink Valerian blooms,

and carrying Bobby, the woolly-fella,

when Poppy energy surrounded the space

as these butterflies then circled us

and I was in awe of how close they came

and stayed to play for a long time.

It was just what I needed to lift and inspire

as a few minutes before I was weeping some tears

and thinking of her,

as I saw the Viburnum near her grave

was looking healthy with new buds

soon to be blossoming after the rain.

Breathing Life Is Free

All the air you ever breathed

and all the life that is conceived

and all the times you need no more

release the past and explore.

Every adventure starts now.

every breath is the best,

every sigh let’s go

and every time and all the time

there is a line

from then to now,

erase that one

and live somehow

in this moment,

then in the next

you never need to learn this text.

Just release, release,

breathe deeply

breathing life is free.

 

Nothing Ever Is Lost Forever

I love this season,

fresh and sunny

or clouds with rain are here again,

but whatever lands upon my head

I know it’s true in that very moment

weather comes and weather goes

and autumn leaves land all around

so signs of change are everywhere

as letting-go is the lesson

and being open brings new blessings.

What comes to me to help me see

is a willingness to carry on

through uncertain times that circle round

with healing times working through,

let patience and faith light the way

as I work in the garden today.

I am planting pansies as I think of him

who left this world years ago

but lives in my ways as I greet the new days

and nothing ever is lost forever.

Observing nature

and all the changes

help to show, as we go

through the seasons and different reasons

for making choices

comes ‘the autumn of letting go’

to await ‘the winter of hibernation’

and celebration by fireside,

lavender, grapefruit, patchouli and ginger

cypress and lemon call me too

as fragrance brings us memories

and willingness eases every way

so on I go through this day.