I awaken

To find your head
Loaded with sleep,
Branching my chest.

Feel the streams
Of your breathing
Dream through my heart.

From the new day,
Light glimpses
The nape of your neck.

Tender is the weight
Of your sleeping thought

And all the worlds
That will come back

When you raise your head
And look.

~John O'Donohue

I would love to live
Like the river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of it's own unfolding.

~John O'Donohue

My rhythmic movement echoes your every emotion. Every thought. I build on your passion, I summit from your fears. Your very core of feeling rests in me. Without me, you'd be empty and cold.

You cry & I'm there, torn and bleeding. You laugh & I soar cloudless skies. You hurt & I'm frozen with cold pain. You hate & I burn in seething fury. You love & I reach out to empty myself for you. At the same time making you both vulnerable & fulfilled. You understand & I ache with another. You worry &... read more

Words are meaningless in this day & time.
We no longer care about what we say.
If we could just listen to ourselves, surprise would be mild to what we'd feel.

Most misused are the words of emotion.
In anger or hurry we shout "I don't care", when actually think about it,
Do you really mean what you say?
Or are you just calloused against your ownself?

We lash out in anger & say the worst.
When really it's fear that motivates our words.
Afraid of hurt ourselves we strike not think... read more

If you have made a mistake...there is always another chance for you...You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
~Mary Pickford