October 2017   My heart is broken I feel as though I’ve been cheated by life You left, and just in one night.   I held my hand out, open And you let go.   I thought if I built a wall high enough  or  A fortress strong enough  That nothing would get though; But…

Hands folding dough   Soft  Welcoming    The oven slowly warming  As the rain pours gently down    Butter  Cinnamon  Nutmeg    Wafting through the air   As the dough rests and rises    Time slows down    The earth feels a little nearer    The chaos momentarily calmed    ~Franchesca Stimming

Inspired by earthweal https://earthweal.com/2021/10/11/earthweal-weekly-post-the-nature-of-enchantment/   I feel far from enchanted these days   Through there are fleeting moments here and there This I know Bu where did they go? They seem so distant now Out of reach Hiding in the miscellaneous folds of my memory   These days feel shrouded in tenderness And vulnerability   There…

Endings….  Beginnings in disguise    Deep breaths Closed eyes   Constrictions  Of the heart    This is just the start…   Letting go    To make space  For something else to grow   Aches… Pains…   Resistance toward the change  The not yet known    Resistance toward the sorrow That is welling in the depths…

Inspired by earthweal’s challenge: Collateral Beauty https://earthweal.com/2021/10/04/earthweal-weekly-challenge-collateral-beauty/   Sun drenched sky  Last sweet rays slowly sinking behind the hill    Purple clouds rolling in Smell of rain arriving   Damp earth under bare feet    All breathed in  One deep breath    An instant  A moment  Already gone…  As I run to the barn for…

Chrysalis  Holding  Tenderly  Cradling  New life    Shaping  Forming  Changing   Something old Into  Something new   The darkness of its walls Will one day let the light shine through    Tightly woven Tightly bound   A possibility waiting to be found  An idea waiting in fertile ground   It is not easy to let…