Elemental Drama

Elemental Drama

Earth expands,
    strains to touch the sky...
       falls back in despair

Again enchanted,
  she stretches upward, upward...
        but cannot escape.

Air dances out of reach,
     light-swift movement teases....
        she watches silently.

Suddenly Fire lunges,
    promises warmth and light...
      she guards her fertility.

He swells--she shrinks,
   hypnotic rhythms entice...
      she succumbs.

Enchanted, drugged,
   betrayed by Flame's lurid charm...
      Earth lies seared in the void.


                                  Judith Ann Kerr



Written by my mother circa 1978
 

Happy Birthday to my Friend

You know who you are....


My Mirror

A flash of light in the night sky

tearing across the planet

ripping through the universe

to find me

I dreamt of you before I met you

I knew you before I saw you

I called you to me

to be here now

This time, this place

learning, teaching, fighting, loving

and knowing

We are made of the same

blood, earth, sky and stars

Our energy collides and we

move mountains and

make magic

or destroy galaxies

but let's make music

and share love

When I look in your eyes

I see me reflected

You are me

I am you

We are one












 

The Drowning

What is going on

Feelings of relief

Feelings of loss

What

Why

How

Where

Am 
I
falling

I am you
and 
you are me

We are one

How can 
that be

How can I 
be me

And be thee

While we

I swim 
in your ocean

My shore 
no where in sight

I want to float 
inside you

Feeling you

Your pain

Your love

Filling me

I am your vessel

Made for you

Before the stars 
were born

My eyes 
overflow

And I take 
on more

Because that is 
what I do

More and more

I need more

Of you

The Fire Horse

The Fire Horse

Caged
Contained
Corralled
Chained
Chafed
Constrained
Unfed
Unseen
Unloved
Unridden
Bound
Restrained
Enslaved
Confined
Enclosed
Shackled
Bridled


Crying...

She stomps
She paces
She pushes
She pulls
She screams
She kicks
She rears
She fights...

the phantoms

no one to hear...

the breath
leaving
her lungs

or

the spirit
being stolen
from
her
soul

Trying to restrain the will of a Fire Horse girl can cause tragedy, even death.

Fire Horse

Exerpt from Article:

"However, 1966 was the year of the fire horse: an inauspicious year. Women who’d been born in the previous fire-horse year, 1906, apparently found it difficult to marry, as they were considered too headstrong and independent — even dangerous. Certainly, they were thought to be bad luck for men."

What the hayhobalina?   This totally gets my Irish up!  I mean, c'mon!  Too headstrong and independent.  Well...I s'pose if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck....hmmmm.

Since when is THAT bad luck?  Or dangerous?  Phooey!

Connection

People
longing
for connection
in the mind
filling
space
to
feel
the lack
true
floating

Courage

a lion's heart
risks
at any cost
never closed
always willing
beating hard
despite the warning
leaning in
eager for the embrace
that never lingers
seeking
searching
for one
ever hopeful
always faithful
to the quest
of
Love

Freedom

Love

helps

me

live

life

free

to

be

me 

All is...

The days are full
of mystery
of magic
all I've wanted
and desired
and dared not dream
for fear of disappointment

All is
All is real
it is what we choose
to see
and perceive
that determines
our reality

Sleeping Beauty
arises with
True Love's Kiss
Prince Charming
Disarming
Spells

Grace

deception plays
ruling mind
taking hostages
breaking free
leaves me
feeling full
life
love
hope
grace bestows
in place
brothers
sisters

Run

Run, run, run, as fast as I can.

Far away from you

From your torment

From your pain

From your judgment

From your need

Your voice still rings in my head

Threatening my peace

Doubting my strength

Biting me

Tempting me to retaliate

So, I run

I run long and hard

Until my breath tortures my lungs

And silence finally brings relief.

Phosphorus

Creep out from under your rock of shame and face the shining sun.  

Let the light show you that your shadows are not to be hidden but to be embraced like beautiful specters.  

Bathe in the phosphorus colors that you are.  

A conglomeration of all aspects like a many faceted gemstone...not a simple one edge painting but a complicated, fascinating, multidimensional being.

phosphorus phosphorus
glowing light in the dark
phosphorus phosphorus
dark light
dark light

purple
light
brings
sight
free
form
energy
seeks
me

Avatar Pandora

Stillness

 

where do i go

the uncertainty

takes time

to allow

the natural flow

mind bends

temper flares
waves break

surfing requires

balance

strength

courage

all that is familiar

becomes a burden

am i resisting

am i chasing

always in movement

quiet my self

and guidance

will emerge

A New Sun Rises

Friends appear from afar

Days of tears gone before

We can heal when we love

To our own hearts we divine
      inspiration and hope

No one can see it all

Together we piece the puzzles

A higher purpose we are called

Those who answer...serve
Poets, mystics and heroes - alike

Dream together in the firelight

A new sun rises

I am alive

8.25.14

Your Need

Your need

like a deep cavernous pit

luring me down

into its depth

pulling me

calling to me

to fill you with my love

welling within

plundering my soul

with unspoken promises

of surrender

of desire unsated

my passion ignites

fueled

i want to be consumed

to merge

my breath becomes shallow

as i fight the strangle of your senses

i cease to exist

extinguished

we are one