This was my post on January 11, 2010 ... a poem that came after a hike into the Rockies with a friend. This image of life struggling forth from hard rock moved me. My life felt like that back then ... like little was supporting my growth but yet I was growing. I am so grateful for all the miracles that happened in the past two years.
I Dream
"If one is lucky, a single fantasy can totally transform a million realities."
-- Maya Angelou
I Dream
I dream of being.
I dream my roots deep down into the impervious,
sun-warmed granite where their tendrils drill into
the tiny cracks and crevices where life hums.
I dream of truth.
I dream my dark spine rising upward
into the harmony of sun and earth and rain and wind
until it sings one clear note of an ancient melody.
I dream of love.
I dream my green needles into the crystal air
dancing light beams back to the sun
in a forever rainbow waiting simply for rain.
I dream of death.
I dream my shadow across the lichen children
reaching outward further, further each hour
stretching beyond, yearning ... yearning for ...
Oh wow! you are brilliant my friend -- deep breath as I dive in... Jan 12 will be my two year reposting -- and I haven't even looked to see what it was :)
ReplyDeleteI passed my two-year mark sometime in September and let it go quietly unnoticed. I'm now over one thousand posts, which rather astounds me, but I owe all the writing to curiosity and wanting to know more and share the finds. I still feel that way. I still feel happy about getting to that place of being able to finally write what I want to write, and especially to focus my writing on the arts. I only hope I can continue to do that.
ReplyDeleteHi...what a cool challenge..I will do it...
ReplyDeleteI am actually celebrating this day, although quietly, my 20 year sobriety birthday is today...and wow...what a very different life I have now...
xo