Falling Into Me

Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Haiku Circle (Sorrow)

Sorrow plummets
into soul-wrenching pain ~
Crane soars effortlessly

Haiku Day 21 (Turquoise)

Turquoise waves lap softly
against the calanques
Boat engine purrs

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Mindful Stone Day 50

Five minutes
Silent stillness
Hours pass

Haiku Circle (Day)

Opening my eyes
I plead for sunshine.
Darkness is stifling

Haiku Day 20 (White)

Awakened from decades of amnesia
I become tabula rasa anew

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

The Haiku Circle Day 19

Inner wisdom ~
sacred, reverent
Touching soul and universe

Haiku Day 19 (Blue)

The color of sadness is not
the color of depression
Black and blue ~ emotional bruises

Monday, February 18, 2013

Mindful Stone Day 49

Wind carries truth
to plant seeds in minds
awaiting its arrival

(Thoughts of news reaching into The Vatican. Open minds needed to receive the ugly truth.)

Haiku Day 18 (Green)

Weeping willows
First sign of arboreal Spring

Photo credit: http://www.ceas.ku.edu/asian-botanicals/on-campus/weeping-willow/Willows.jpg

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Mindful Stone Day 47
Haiku Day 17 (Black)

Dark art bleeds through me
silently
with no emotion

Haiku Day 16

Blood red terror.
Poppy fields of Italy ~
Transformation

Friday, February 15, 2013

Mindful Stone Day 46

For decades locked
in the tar pit of my mind~
A memory leaks

Haiku Day 15 (Orange)

Poppies carpet banks
along Highway 1 ~
Orange graffiti

(The California poppy, which is orange, is the state flower.)

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Haiku Day 14 (Harbor)

Mediterranean port ~
In his arms I find
safe harbor

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Mindful Stone Day 44

Nightmares for years
of a place unknown
a school, shopping center, dorm
Last night yet again
though it's been quite awhile
Strange books, a library,
feeling overwhelmed and unworthy

Suddenly awake breathing heavily
Initially thought it was carryover from nightmare
but it continued
Realizing I'm breathing making sounds,
I listen intently
A pattern of sounds
It's someone new crossed over from the
wall of amnesia
She cannot speak but repeats the pattern
She helps me calm down for I am panicked at
her labored breathing
Slowly feeling grounded, I fall back to sleep
I woke up later and my voice had returned
Waiting to get to know the newly surfaced being
who is part of me
And does she have the answers to stop that particular
nightmare hell

Avignon

Haiku Day 13 - Shade Tree

Sycamore leaves dance in the breeze
Grace and comfort ~
Sidewalk cafe

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Dandelion

Mindful Stone Day 43

Peeking outside in snow-spotted garden
I spy a weed
A dandelion ~ tightly held buds with
frays of yellow
ready to burst open
A weed that used to threaten the beauty
of my tiny courtyard
now brings smiles
knowing Lucy will happily chow down
on every leaf and bloom