And with open eyes and ears
One turns to the world
And sees
And hears
And all that you knew
Changes in a moment
Like an eddying wind

The world is as a swirling cloud
Uncertain, ever-changing
Through which thunder booms
And lightning cracks
To see it from without is to see little
To see it from within is to be blinded
What, then, is the cloudburst
Of the world?

Once again I’ve missed a day. Once again, you get two poems!

To breathe free

To look on the horizon
And know it is within reach
To gaze at the mountain
And know it can be climbed
To look to the stars
And know they are unchanging
To see the ocean
And feel its colossal breath

This is to breathe free

To be free

Why, then, do I dream?

The earth is bountiful
The universe, generous
Love surrounds me
My beating heart

Why, then, do I dream?

When night takes my mind

I dream a thousand dreams

And live a thousand lives

And when I wake

For a moment, sadness takes me

That for now I live only one

A distant world comes to mind

Teeming with life and love

And as it gains form

The one around dissipates

Along with all its cruelty

For a time