Unchecked Emotions

Emotions rabid

Frothing and foaming at their mouths

Cannibalistic feasting on their host

Neoplasmic feeders

Swallowing whole

Every morsel and droplet

Till there is no place left

For peace, for quiet

For deep love

Her Selkie Keeper

Fire

Today I lift up and give thanks for the element Fire

Of Fire of sun and of Gaia`s core

Silently and Steadily

Bringing forth the change of Season

Of Fire of cellular burning brightly

Silently and Steadily

Birthing, dying, and regenerating

Renewing life daily in this body of mine

And in the bodies of my loved ones

Of Fire that burns in Touch and Hugs and Kisses

Silently and Steadily

Unifying me with the vulnerability of my humanness

Connection

Of Fire that radiates within my imagination

Silently and Steadily

Igniting `passion and activity`

Creation

Of Fire in the furnace and oven

Silently and Steadily

Enveloping me in a cocoon

A safe place

A place to `be broken and to heal`

A place to `break bread and share stories`

A place to `learn and grow,`

A place to `forgive and love`

To Just Be

Thank you.

Memories Held

I.
The ocean holds the memories of my mother
Marguerite Alexandra MacDonald of Victoria by the Sea

II.
The salt of her tears
of joy
of sadness
of elation
of disappointment...they bathe my feet as I walk along her edges
They christen my mortality, as I dive deep into her recesses

I am more because of her

III.
The jutting red cliffs embody the memories of my father
Richard Lea Howatt of Tryon Point

IV.
The iron of his will
of simplistic
of chaotic
of steady
of evasive
They colour my cells, and fill the edges of my bones with battle-scarred marrow

I am more because of him

Richard's Road

Walking down

Richard's road

A salty breeze

Welcomes him home

The lost returns

A child again

Bare foot and open heart

Pretty road side flowers

Your tiny heads bent in evening prayers

Kindly remember his name

As your fragrant blessings fill the air

Settings sun's

Rosy glow

Pours down through

Weathered trees

Rose coloured light

Filters through

Warming hearts and memories

Pretty road side flowers

Your tiny heads bent in evening prayers

Kindly remember his name

As your fragrant blessings fill the air

This Land, This Sky

A soil so red and ripe

Giving birth to trees, grass, and all rooted beings

A sky of ever changing blue

Breathy with four winds

Giving flight to whispery winged creatures

Salty water

Oceanic baptismal

Surrounding, enveloping, and cleansing

Cut us 
and all of this will be what flows from our veins

For we are not merely affected by this place

Whether birthed here

Or lured by siren call

Sand fills our bones

Water in our blood

Rises and falls with the tides

Creating the lilt of voice

And the weightiness of step

This place, that is of you and I

Is an altar where we may lay down to rest

Knowing we are in our elements.

Journey to that Far-Away Land

You lie on your back

And curl your toes in a soft green grass

That knows the familiar weight of you

That knows your breath

Knows your heart

Knows your dreams

Yours dreams of adventure

Oh, to while away the hours

Just to lie upon your back

Makes the soul smile

 The far away come near 

The Seven seas

The Deserts of Afro-eurasia

The Red Wood Forests Of california

 Places and spaces

Open themselves to you

They sing their native songs

They dance ancestral steps

To the rhythm of your pounding heart

Always waiting for you

Always welcoming