Monday, August 28, 2017

alien on the rock

I am an alien on this planet.
I speak my own language.
I am strange and, most often,
not understood.
But the trees tell me I belong.
And the wind tells me to stay.
And the sky says, even this loneliness
will not last.

~

RNH

dark water

When the levy broke,
at least you did not buckle 
from the havoc,
at least,
you found the strength
to hold your ground. 

~

RNH

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

cleave

you blanket
each new peril you meet
with that treacherous 
cast
and I walk behind you, hammer
and chisel in hand,
setting them free. 

~

RNH

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

arrows

one pointed
toward you
and the other, to fear,
and my heart
broke between them,
divided by uncertainty.

~

RNH

Monday, August 7, 2017

an unfolded circle

she had been the lone ranger
the sole captain
the odd stranger
for so long
that she had forgotten
what it meant
to be accepted.

~

RNH

In Nature

I have difficulty sitting still.

Even a half-hour TV show while I'm eating dinner. A whole movie ?? Forget about it.

I prefer to be active--to be shaping things and doing things and making things better. If I'm sitting, it's only because I'm reading.

But when I'm in nature, I can sit or stand without that sense of pressure.

I don't feel anxious or worried, or even guilty, for being still. And when I am still in this way, I can think about the things that might be causing me stress and feel more flexible toward them. I can think about those ideas in a new way and, like a puzzle, find different solutions to them. Or I can just know that, yes, those problems or concerns are out there, but they do not define me.

I can choose who I become. I can choose what I think about.

This feeling is very peaceful. And for someone who usually operates at 120%, it is a chance to let go. A chance to connect more deeply to what really matters, and shed the rest.

I am grateful for this world that we are given and the opportunity to cultivate such feelings of calm.

I am grateful for the places in nature where I have felt so at home and immersed in wonder.

~

RNH

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

emblazoned

There will be fire
And you will walk through it
As you have done before.

~

RNH