The Islands Will Be There.

I must find a way to stop being down.

I may not be perfect, but who is?

My work is to illuminate life itself.

Had I not been a person on this planet

I wonder if the planet would be different?

I am a joyous father of three.

My life mate is a soulful woman of strength.

There is an element of her in my work.

A modern life is one of distraction.

Simple and complex things absorb me.

Spin around.. and become happy or confused?

My umbrella keeps me dry!

but I sometimes leave it.. somewhere..and then I need it.

I wake to the rain. It gets me wet, but it cleanses me.

It takes a pool of water to allow immersion.

Earth needs to feel my feet walking on it.

Earth has the wind to keep it cool,

the fire to keep it warm. 

Water to cleanse.

I am the earth. I am rained upon. 

I have living water inside me.

I am scorched by the flames, but I always recover.

In the cycles of life, I return to flourish.

The water of life is salvation for earth.

Fire is the transformer 

and sometimes the masked destroyer.

Fire needs air to sustain it.

Earth itself is unaffected by fire.

Stone is unaffected.

Living things like trees and animals fear the flames

but within their structure, they have ever-renewing life.

Some people are elements other than earth.  Some are air.

They rise above the world to give us perspective.

Soar above. Be lifted up.

Rise and float. I was made to be nourished by water,

but I want to have flight, have color,

and have an opportunity to be free from the roots.

Away on a dream. 

Resigned to be asleep 
I know that I am prone, motionless.
Away on a mysterious journey. 

The world spins curiously.

I am going to be revealed as someone 
with some feelings in my soul.

I dream of this ability. I seek the moments…

I relish privileged moments of reaching some conclusion.

I am lifted upon a Gaelic tune.

Staring out at Arthur’s castle

I look upon the green meadows and the green sea.

The sunlight is hidden in thick clouds.

The earth’s well is filling with water 

from an underground reservoir.

I am lifted to new levels.

I am strengthened by the living water.

We have waited too long 

for someone to bring us the goods.

The best thing is to fill the boat, set the mainsail

then the islands will be there!

Waiting is not good. 

The wind rises while we prepare.

The wind dies when we are fully prepared

Get out of the shell of possessions.

Out there…out of the shadow of the things…

is a beautiful breeze propelling us over the earth.

Let’s just escape! Get into a boat and float away.