goddess #40

anger unleashed

lashes out to destroy.

malicious mischief

brings no peace.

not to the maker, nor to the marked

nor to those who walk by

wondering where the family has gone.

may we learn to care tenderly for our anger
before we inflict harm on ourselves or on others.

goddess #39

monday morning, 8:23, new york city

how can there be so many people

toting brief cases

bags

cups of coffee

each intent

purposeful

on a mission

each keeping his or her earth in its proper orbit

as do i

sitting here

sipping coffee

watching.

may we all find more opportunities to let our worlds collide

and break away from our ideas of how things are.

goddess #38

out behind winn dixie

steps from the blacktop

wilderness lives.

palms, grapevines, and wild blackberry

prevail over the discarded debris of civilization,

reclaiming the land for us all.

may we grow ever more thankful

for the nature of earth to renew herself,

and find ways to nurture renewal in ourselves

and in the world.

I have always loved the boundaries of civilization, the narrow places where wildness and civilization collide . . . the weeds that sprout from the cracks in the sidewalk, the vacant lot vibrant with plant life and the cast-off things of city life . . . today a short teaching arrived in my inbox at around the same time I was finding a home for this goddess . . .it's called "See the Wild in the Made".

goddess #37

mysterious pathway

wide . . . grassy

bounded by stone walls carefully shaped and placed

here in this final jewel of the necklace.

a carriage road perhaps

from some earlier time

when people dressed and rode in carriages

to visit a museum of the natural world.

may we dwell in nature

know we are nature

and may our hearts delight 

in the beauty of the world.

goddess #36

tall pine

mossy outcrop

sky bright to dark, just like that . . . 

and now the eerie light

that signals the end of rain

or an immanent downpour.

what lies ahead?

impossible to say

just this perfect moment

teetering on the edge.

may we enjoy each moment giving way

to the uncertainty of the next.