Choice

The only true freedom is in the 

now

We are not bound by yesterday’s memories 

only if that is what we choose

Take 

this moment 

to rejoice the present

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Spring Awakening

Today you are so chatty with your ice and snow continuing to melt

I can hear your songs welcoming spring

Oh sleeping flowers awaken your roots 

Oh branch so bare awaken your buds 

Spring is here 

You greet me with warm kisses 

As ice melts under my feet

my heart begins to sing

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Exhaustion

We all feel 
joy and love 

it's just a matter of stopping 
for a moment 

to let ourselves bask in this light 

For we move so fast 

that 

we don’t stop until 

a point of 

exhaustion 

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Wind Chill

Today there is a wind chill

It may be warmer than yesterday but the stillness of the past day made any temperature bearable

Today I sing to you 

There are no bird songs but the cracking ice and howling wind are my baritone 

I may have hunger pains, my mouth maybe dry but to you I have come

You invite me with your endless blue sky and bright rays of our sun

To you I come and the joy of just sitting here beside silence, beauty, freedom, stillness and peace 

I stand enveloped in you 

Oh joy and happiness of this moment 

It is a gift that I can come here in any weather as the  still pond greets me 

There is nothing but love in my heart as the sun shines upon my breast

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The Sunshine Index

Oh the light which is often forgotten

Today I give thanks for this light

I thank you now with intentions of thanking you tomorrow

Oh dear light

it may be twelve  degrees 

but within the air's stillness and strong shining sun

I can feel the sunshine index bringing me to at least a warm forty 

Just be still

I am wearing a heavy down jacket but no gloves, no hat and only thin jeans

  

In this stillness oddly so 

I can feel your warmth

Just be still

The ink may be freezing in my pen and the snow deep 

but yes 

the sunshine index warms my body 

and when I breathe 

your brisk air fills my lungs 

I feel so alive 

For this winter moment I give thanks

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