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In Search of…
Am looking for a poem,a place to call home. Where words fit feelingsand don’t send me reelingaway because they lackany reality for this placein which I live. This place to which I’vegiven my soul in thisconstant search for wholeness. A … Continue reading
Self Speaking to Self
Here we stand togetheron Lucille’s bridge, caught between star-shine and clay. This current quest ends today,but tomorrow we continue.Waters of life keep flowingand we will go with them. Through peace or turbulenceit makes no differencebecause we have found that very … Continue reading
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About Closure
As this current journeynears its completion,am reminded of the runnerwho must be trainedto quicken his paceor risk loosing the racecompletely. The mind can be a funnything, often heeding a familiarbell, rather than that onewhich is needed. When that runner sees … Continue reading
Whichever
Is it wicked of me to believe that I have been found worthy because I have received a bit of wisdom? Elizabeth Crawford 4/28/2021 Note: Image is a newly created design which I colored. There is a story behind the … Continue reading
The Dragon
Little One, yezterday you zaid that you had a partner in crime? Doez that mean that you have been doing zsomezing illegal? I know that it haz been zome amountof time zinse we have zpoken, zshould I be worried? “Oh … Continue reading
The Raven
The raven you see, came to visit melast evening. Wanted to speakof magic and how tragic it isthat people no longer believethat it is real and does still happen. Then spent some time, helping mefind these rhyming words that youare … Continue reading
Steadfastness
Another old word, seldom used in today’s world. It means to be constant. showing up, to be in a place,occupying a space, even when you mightnot want to be there. Each day, I come and write these words,though few, if … Continue reading
Wonder
How often do you sit and wonder about all this wanderingwe are asked to do? Pondering about its purpose, wonderingif it is necessary or even needed. But the word wonder holds another meaning. That single momentwhen the light turns on … Continue reading
Refuge
Where do you go when the world around you becomes too much for you to handlefor even one more moment? That place where the candle of light and warmth is alwayslit in welcome. That one special space where the pace … Continue reading
Serendipity
Serendipity, an old word with a meaning that might be difficult to understand. It always makes me think of Mary Poppins, dancing with her umbrella, twirling and whirling around, seemingly not touching the ground, somehow in the air, only coming … Continue reading
