• she.leans.in.

    soft breezes blow; her memories stir
    she reflects on lies
    that sounded like love
    the evil seed of deception grew a towering tree
    he thought that it would fruit
    to feed only him
    but wickedness does not equal wisdom
    the tree is now her strength
    and has grown in his absence
    she is stretching her branches to shelter many others
    as a storm marches in
    her deep, strong roots take hold and
    she.leans.in.

     

    soft breezes blow; her memories stir she reflects on lies that sounded like love the evil seed of deception grew a towering tree he thought that it would fruit to feed only him but wickedness does not equal wisdom the tree is now her strength and has grown in his absence she is stretching her branches to shelter many others as a storm marches in her deep, strong roots take hold and she.leans.in. ***** #daysix #blackandwhitechallenge #poemaday ____________________ Image All Rights Reserved No use allowed without a license. For licensing inquiries, email me directly. thelotuscarroll@gmail.com

  • lucid slumber of sadness

    i need you to come now
    and whisper in my ear
    of heartbreak and tragedy
    rap on the walls of my soul
    and shake things up a bit
    wake me, rudely, from
    this lucid slumber of sadness –
    it’s almost morning now
    and there is no time
    in the bright sunshine
    for tears and sorrow
    so come now, quickly,
    before the sun rises
    and fill me up with
    all the agonies i can bear
    so i can wring them out
    and then start anew.

     

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  • sunrise, sunset

    each day the sun rises, the sun sets
    the world turns to create this illusion
    your day may be my night
    my calm, descending orb may be
    your burning, rising fireball
    all the while, the ground we stand solid on
    is actually spinning relentlessly under us
    whatever you “see” is perception driven
    beauty and sadness
    tragedy and joy
    heartache and elation
    all of these things shift forms
    based on what the angle is
    my lens is different than yours
    yours is not the same as
    his and hers and theirs
    even common details
    become blurry, ultimately
    arguing absolutes and opinions, equally pointless
    spend more time accepting
    try harder to be aware and awake
    be ready to receive whatever
    put your energy into love
    open your heart and mind
    prepare to view from a different angle
    try to avoid shame and judgement
    see and feel and embrace all you can
    expand and let in as much light as possible
    before the last revolution completes
    and the shutter closes forever.

     

    each day the sun rises, the sun sets the world turns to create this illusion your day may be my night my calm, descending orb may be your burning, rising fireball all the while, the ground we stand solid on is actually spinning relentlessly under us whatever you “see” is perception driven beauty and sadness tragedy and joy heartache and elation all of these things shift forms based on what the angle is my lens is different than yours yours is not the same as his and hers and theirs even common details become blurry, ultimately arguing absolutes and opinions, equally pointless spend more time accepting try harder to be aware and awake be ready to receive whatever put your energy into love open your heart and mind prepare to view from a different angle try to avoid shame and judgement see and feel and embrace all you can expand and let in as much light as possible before the last revolution completes and the shutter closes forever. ____________________ All Rights Reserved No use allowed without a license. For licensing inquiries, email me directly. thelotuscarroll@gmail.com

  • She Emanates Serenity

    there is a pulse to all things
    waiting for us to connect with it,
    to feel it vibrate throughout;
    some souls can inherently focus to
    identify with this never-ending rhythm;
    one must be stoic, centered,
    like an egyptian goddess
    who breathes in light
    and emanates serenity. 

    .

    model: Leslie Flinger

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  • so it comes and so it goes.

    today, i unexpectedly found something of yours lying in the depths of my heart;
    i wanted to hold it, to turn it in my hands, feeling the shape of our abandoned dreams in all of its angles.
    i thought i might bring it close to my face, breathe deeply, and be reminded of your scent… maybe close my eyes and somehow see yours once more.

    might you even feel me across these tortured years, gently probing in some synaptic way?
    i held my breath and reached out… it crumbled like cold ash from a long gone fire the moment my fingers tenderly grazed it, drifting away, mercifully, on the winds of change.

    i cannot recall the sound of your laughter.

    ...

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  • The Beauty of Change

    We collected a rather large batch of caterpillars that were threatening to skeletonize my sunflower garden recently. I housed them in a small plastic container with slots for air designed to hold buggies and fed them sunflower leaf rations (they turned their noses up at other types of leaves) saving most of my garden from destruction while still feeding them. After several days, they all suited up in their respective chrysalises and made with the metamorphosing. We dug witnessing this, and awaited the unfolding of their wings as they became Bordered Patch Butterflies (Chlosyne lacinia).

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    For the past couple of days, they’ve been greeting the world anew, and as they do, we open the hatch on the container and set them free into my (flower filled, butterfly orgasmic) back yard. It is an incredibly joyous feeling to watch one of them lift out of the housing and ascend into the air and off to freedom, somehow making my heart more buoyant even though it is my lungs that fill with air while I breathe in and watch them float.

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    This little flapper needed some extra time to dry its wings and visit with another creature who has been rapidly changing right before my eyes lately.

    The Beauty of Change

    I have a tender love that floats on wings of expectation and wonder for them both.

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  • She Wasn’t Sure Where She Ended And He Began

    I took this sunset image from a moving vehicle over a year ago. It is among my favorite images I’ve created so far. The sun seems to be trying to reach out to the mingling, intertwined trees as they embrace one another, warming this moment and their touch. At the same time, it looks to spread across the land, desperately holding on to each moment that is escaping as it sinks lower. Soon it will be too dark to see anything.

    She Wasn't Sure Where She Ended And He Began

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