Let's Keep Singing

My deepest desire is to sing in harmony with all that is within me and around me. I want the notes that are my life to create a harmonious vibration with yours. This desire is sometimes hard to live with; sometimes I lose my voice, sometimes I get off the beat and lose my place; sometimes I lose your voice; sometimes all I can hear is the cacophonous noise of my own doubting and fearing heart. In those dissonant moments I cringe, my chest gets tight and it is tempting to just stop singing, to stop trying to live in harmony. But if we can just hang in there a little bit longer, the dissonance resolves itself and we find ourselves singing harmony once again. And what a sweet song that is when we get there. Whether today is a dissonant day or a harmonious day, let’s keep singing. I can’t carry this tune without you.

in gratitude for your voice,

 jules

long distance love

for years my heart tingled each time I met her
that old friend of mine, the sea,
for it was then I thought you might be watching
the same moon rise
your toes wiggling in the sand
and feeling me reach you
on your distant shore
in the waves

now that we are both inland
will the wind suffice
to whisper my heart
in your ear
and remind you
I love you still?

leaves on grass

leaves on grass
willows on the river bank
rain falling on flowers
touching each other
peacefully, gently
the wisdom of nature

 

11/4/12~jules

there is no future, without love

there is no future, without love

stopped in my tracks
distracted by thoughts
pondering politics and hurricanes
damns on rivers and whales
health care and welfare
growth and progress
oil being squeezed out of rock
working four jobs to get enough
always wondering how much is enough
enough time, enough money,


watching the leaves blow down the street
looking up at the naked trees
feeling the coming winter in my bones
long shadows crossing my path
pulling the scarf around me
wrapping myself inward
pausing in my 'busy' life
to wonder about being enough and
to  repeat a prayer i heard today
"there is no future without love"


(jules, 11/1/12)