We Came Together

My dog Bob is telling me 

‘we came together just to be,

we came together as you were guided

to help the both of us accept ourselves and trust’.

We came together at our core, so together we explore

the healing path we now tread,

releasing fears and insecurity,

rejecting rejection for you or me,

as I now know my only way

is total acceptance of myself each day.

The ways of the past will be left behind

as nurturing is wonderfully kind.

Our way forward naturally will be 

drug free for your epilepsy.

The native flower essences

got us through a convulsive time

so here today,

we two know trust and faith will lead us on

to gently live our life long.

I hope indeed the strings of fate

led us through those frightening states

so harmony and calm

will be our way

from the ‘points of tension’ to today

as all along these past four months

we are best friends together

whatever the weather

and all the storms these past two weeks

have blown on through and now will cease

for a time of rest, we passed those tests,

we have a way to accept ourselves

following the threads of opportunity

and feeling trusted, knowingly.

He is 3 years old and indeed deserves stability,

unconditional love and acceptance.

Four months ago today I was lead,

then followed a thread of opportunity

so spontaneously, I adopted him from the animal shelter,

within an hour of him being abandoned there.

He has had very traumatic seizures.

 

Written with Smiley-Bob on June 28, 2014

This photo 2015. 

Bobby is now 12 y.o. and happy, healthy and no epilepsy, May, 2023

And Your Path Will Then Be Quite Open

But you do not know
and not yet will
be shown what comes until
the way is lit by daffodils
and golden light will beam
across the page and across the leaves
and your path will then be quite open............

Let This Moment Be The One

Martin Luther King and Thich Nhat Hahn

Are we inside worlds or outside worlds

or the world beyond where we belong

do we walk one way and float another

is there one of us or all other

Is the time just now

our only way to live and say

let this moment be the one

whatever world we are walking through

there is I and me

and you

and we are here to be the most

to share our love from coast to coasts.

(Written on June 11, 2014)

If That May Have Been A Time In-Between

Sweet Violet light

with gentle scent

wherever you went

I did go

wherever you walked

along so slowly

there in the dell

beneath the trees

was the whisper of love

and the song of the breeze.

There in the shade

of the forest glade

we played

with love at midday

and who is to say

that that was the place

that I wondered if

I would scatter your ashes

if you follow my drift.

If that was a place

in the cold of winter

where warmth became us

and there was none of the splintering

that followed on after,

just mist and colour

and some good fun laughter.

Along we go

and who is to know

if that may have been

a time in between

where love and shade

and sunshine and clouds

have passed over from heaven

and come to me now

as a remembrance of winter

and love in the mist

of the first time I felt

and enjoyed your kiss,

of the heart of the centre

and the beginning to end

when we became less spontaneous

and faith blew in the wind,

as there came the spring

and the summer season dried

all that we knew

and then left behind.

Oh come to the violets,

oh come to the times

when love began on the cold winters night

and times they changed from then onto then

and let’s let go

and begin again….

(Written with a tiny heritage violet flower on June 9, 2014)

The Presence of Precious Poppy

Poppy and POPPY

Now I’m traveling along

comfortably

and delighted most certain

to now be pain free.

And I am grateful for all

the ways I learned

the guidance and gifts

and some grace that I earned

but now what I see

and know in my heart

my little hound Poppy, was my shining star.

She popped up each morning

and settled each night

her heart was the shining

that kept my world bright

and now as I hear she has ‘entered’ from Spirit

her dear face looking up, and her tail always wagging

and her golden glow

is oh, so,

luminous.

I treasure my time with my little friend

who took on my pain

to carry it away

and now I feel free

and see

there’s more to this world

than one step, then two

of a shuffling whirl.

She came with a bounce

and so much life

and she left after twelve years

one sunny bright morn

and I must go on, and be not forlorn.

Our animal companions

share all we are

and serve with their love

until they return above

but now she comes occasionally

and I am heartened indeed

to ‘see and be seen’.

(Written May 22, 2014 with The Precious Spirit of Poppy)

The Heart Of The Flower

The heart of the flower,
the heart of myself,

the call of nature to lead me along

as I travel my pathway and hum a sweet song...

Almost There

Almost there

you are breathing through

and you have healers helping too.

These past few months

seem like a trial

and all along, and all the while

you kept on going

though sometimes slower

but here you are

and here we show

abundance comes

the load will lighten

sun through the clouds

indeed is brighter

and all we want you to do

is keep the faith

when feeling blue.

Your woolly companion,

always by your side,

is all you need

and soon you’ll glide

over every bump and bruise

and tune back into your old muse

always up,

never back,

keep on going along this track.

You have laid the ground where flowers grow

and the healthy Viburnum surely shows

you are a whisperer to animal and plant

and Pansy blue will enchant.

This warmer autumn is a treat,

so rest some days and take a seat.

Never meant to always go

full speed ahead

and by now you know

1 step forward and 1 step back

brings the present, there is no slack

you see the way,

you are on the path

rest today, now, and meditate

the garden blooms, there’s rain on slate

and you are best learning to

breathe each moment and follow through

let all your muscles just relax

full speed ahead is not for you

patience brings the best, at a time

that suits you best

so best you let all else subside

and when it’s time you will glide

like a butterfly on the breeze

rest, just rest

please, yes please.

Breathe every moment in

and let this new cycle bring flowerings.

(Written on May 19, 2014 with Pansy ‘Delta Blue’ flower, on a warm late autumn morning, with May sunshine and showers.)

Developing Trust......On The Winding Path to Dog Whispering

Golden times are coming for you

for being golden when you’re blue,

for being patient and waiting there,

for quietly keeping the faith

as you share

the last 12 weeks of ‘unsettling times’,

when it felt like, through and through,

something was undoing you.

But you kept on caring

and declaring

all will be well, given time

as we relinquish what no longer suits

and wait with care,

and less ‘going’ too,

staying home to be with you.

And come there would be

some ‘settling down’,

when now and then I’d leave the town

and do an errand without you,

to develop more trust

that I’d come through

and you and I would whisper to each other

“I’ll come back, I won’t be long”.

“I’ll wait for you, I’ll do my best”,

we will pass through these separation tests.

So came the day,

the sun was shining,

I drove away for only a few

hours without you.

Oh joy you played with your favourite toy

and ferreted about behind the plants

and all was well, indeed I am

grateful again,

our calm progress was clearly there

and I came back for us to share

a happy playing time

and a ‘sense of achievement’ that

we came through

the months of us, ‘developing trust’

So everyday, we walk, we play,

we listen to each other

and I pray

we advance in dog whispering and listening

and I feel you will

remember I always do return

and you feel calm and content

and we are blessed with companionship.

(Written on May 18, 2014 with Delta Blue Pansy, for my adopted woolly fella Smiley-Bob)

‘Developing Trust’ can be, and is, quite a long process and we are working through separation anxiety with the help of some patient and caring friends.

Here And Now, Here Today

Here and now, here today

I will go another way

with spontaneity leaping in

and where I am

I will begin.

Yes here I am and new times show,

the sun shines through clouds

and old ways go…..

Light it brings a sense I like,

a golden colour

which shines a little brighter now

as the old ways slowly disappear

and I will start this May. This year.

Anytime in anyway

we begin it now

and follow through

in each moment I breathe into.

Bring fresh air

and release insecurity,

bright lime colour

and autumn tones

I have entered a creative zone

where after all these years

I breathe in now

and release old times,

just as they, turn the circle, as winter comes

and hibernation will see me rest

for Spring brings forth a sense of zest.