Beautiful Blooms For You

Oh Joy!

Comes the sweet

 golden honeysuckle,

and one or two

delightfully fragrant

 happy petals for you.

With winter almost here

these cheerful blooms

fill my room

with

gracefulness.

I share this beauty,

this glorious scent

received with

 great full-ness.

Joy Springs From The Well Within

Joy is shining.

Comes this day, comes the new,

sweet Lovely Dear One

you are renewed.

The past was a long road,

the load was immense,

your loving heart

was lifted by angels,

your body was full of light,

even when you knew it was

a long dark-night.

I see you now

singing and dancing,

beaming brightly

as we all unite

expanding all joy

 with smiling delight.

Blessings, Peace and Love To All

And Then I Will Leave You To Rest

I see you weathered ones

as the wind has blown

and your day is done

or not.

Maybe,

 you just landed

 on the window sill

to rest a while until

the breeze

leads you

 gently through

 another day or two

before the soil

 covers you

for sleep.

Then

 compost comes

to nourish the trees

as this season of autumn leaves.

Liquidambar and Manchurian Pear Tree Leaves

Passing By

When driving through Summertown

I see two trees

and hear the whisper

'why are you 

just passing through?'

How do we know

where it is we stay a while,

who may need a passing smile,

who may need a greeting card

or a cheery phone call on a cold, cold day.

Could not we delay?

Our travels are more than just one day.

Who goes there

and why?

Who stays there for a lifetime?

Do we linger only long enough

to buy raspberries and ice-cream.

Is not there more to be seen?

Stop the car

and walk

 the length of a long, long road.

Sit beside the grape vines

and wonder when

will be the time

to search

 more around these hills

until,

a little place with a grassy field

calls you over to rest in clover.

Strawberry clover

strawberries in Summer time.

Timely and sublime.

- o O o -

A Rosy Posy For You

Here is a radiant

rosy posy

so calm

so beautifully happy

sharing joy

fragrance to breathe

beauty to see

inspiration to be

growing true

renewing you.

Rose Geranium blooming out of season -

Bridging Between

When the nights are cold

and the mist is silent,

Autumn is delighted 

just to be 

shining brilliantly.

Looking like a welcome fire,

I am always heartened 

when comes the May

as Viburnum carlesi

shows wondrous beauty

with a deep display

of picture-book colour

 for you today.

She grows slowly and welcomes frost.

Comes the Spring

sweet fragrance brings

honey birds and humming bees 

to this glorious tree

that continues to be 

alive and well, thankfully.

So Happy Birthday to you

my Apple Isle friend,

and remembrance

I also send

to the other side

where my sad friend went

who loved the delicate spicy scent.

Blessings, Love and Peace

Lavender Light

Under The Oak Tree

May I sit with you a little while
and receive renewal
from your green smile.

May I know each day
whatever arises
will pass
and whatever passes
will come to be
a way of learning for me.

May I breathe fresh air
in the mountain stillness
and allow myself the space to be
knowing clarity.

May I grow the herbs
and harvest the fruit,
may I shine within
and know there is
peace to be with me.

May I pick some blooms
and sing with flowers,
may I live simply
and treasure hours,
quietly knowing
life is growing all around me.


 

Aliveness

I see your light beaming

though the morning

calling

deeper

contemplation.

Yes I see more 

than ever before.

Yes I am very willing

to expand my view of you.

To allow you to see 

within me.

There is more

than ever before,

quietly present

in simple ways,

where we walk everyday.

I call to you

follow through.

Look deeply 

to truly love.

Let every plant

light your way.

Ask for guidance on your path.

Let leaves light your every step

and life will bless

 your every breath.

Have awareness of all there is.

Welcome beauty into quiet places.

Breathe love into open spaces.

Contemplate with loving kindness

Be open to real aliveness.

Blessings be

to the seen

and to the unseen.

To where we are

and where we have been.

And most especially

to this eternal Now.

- oOo -