Bubbles

Laughing, Dancing, Sweeping, Soothing
Flowing down a Mountainside

Breaking, Frothing, Meandering, Tossing
Erupting past the Breaktide

Mirth it cries
"Will you marry me?"
Birth it flies
"Will you carry me?"

And life, it circles
Like a bird in the sky
Catching the wind in its sails
Like A ship flying home
Breaking through mists towards the sun
Home beckoning from the shore

Sweeping, Cleansing, Twirling, Bending
Washing through the Creek's bed

Chattering, Cackling, Leaping, Bouncing
Bubbling joy through cracks in Time....

Roots

Roots are a mystery

One day lost and another all found

one moment floating above the sky

and the next plunging into an abyss of history

walking the streets of memory
soaring in clouds of imagination

touching hands from the past
seeing one's face in the words of another

fitting one's feet in the prints of that other

the blood of ancestors pulsing

pushing Towards the Future

Known and yet Unknown

Our eyes staring back at us

Narcissus unfurling
....or was it a dream?

My imagination was captured by the image of my grandchildren

a sly little vision found on the steps to my past

my fingers sank into oblivion 

and came out with dandelions 

blowing in the direction of the sun

Laughter danced towards me

and the smells of my sustenance

enveloped me like a blanket

and lulled me to awe

breath stole from my body 

beckoning me to eternity

on the rocks hewn from fire and pain.

And in the dawn of my youth

came a promise

and a light

and a hope

and a vision

my hands impressed upon a rock

time not stopping

ever flowing

towards them...

Sunflower

Turn to the sun

Drink a glass of light

a rain of petals

dance around your feet



Turn to the Sun

pour of glass of stars

a mist of gold

immerse you in its heap



Turn to the sun

catch a gem of blood

a pulse of light

cause your heart to breathe



Turn to the sun

cross the path at night

a voice of stars

Finds flowers that sing



Turn to the sun

Drink a drop of vision

darkness' awakening

receives angels that speak



Turn to the sun

Hold its flashing smiles

As transparent as glass

is your soul to me

Into the Night

Into the Night
Down fast she falls
When her eyes dream
so dark in the pall
In winter's care, she lies

When heaven cries
weeping is found
her cheeks glisten wet
in the depths of evenstar
and make a waterfall
into caverns below the surface
carving rivers in the rocks
that lay in the foundations of her soul.

Laid waste by time
softened by spring rains
falling in the dead of night
slivers of pale green
push through to the sky
stretching towards a mystery

Into the night
it falls away towards day
and becomes a glistening of light ... from the horizon.

Ave Maris Stella

AVE maris stella, Dei Mater alma, atque semper Virgo, felix caeli porta.	HAIL, Thou Star of the ocean, portal of the sky ever Virgin Mother Of the Lord Most High
Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Hevae nomen.	O by Gabriel's Ave, Uttered long ago Eva's name reversing established peace below.
Solve vincula reis, profer lumen caecis mala nostra pelle, bona cuncta posce.	Break the captives fetters, light on blindness pour, All our ills expelling every bliss implore
Monstra te esse matrem: sumat per te preces, qui pro nobis natus, tulit esse tuus.	Show thyself a Mother, offer Him our sighs Who for us Incarnate did not Thee despise
Virgo singularis, inter omnes mites, nos culpis solutos, mites fac et castos.	Virgin of all virgins to Thy shelter take us gentlest of the gentle chaste and gentle make us
Vitam praesta puram, iter para tutum: ut videntes Iesum semper collaetemur.	Still as on we journey Help our weak endeavor Till with Thee and Jesus We rejoice forever
Sit laus Deo Patri, summo Christo decus, Spiritui Sancto, tribus honor unus. Amen.	Through the highest heaven To the Almighty Three Father, Son and Spirit One same Glory Be. Amen.

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