Summer's Grand Finale

summer's alchemist has been busy at work

planting seeds upon our earth

sun and rain did penetrate

now earth's blooms proliferate

summer's grande finale

~

Rising from Your Heart of Hearts

rising from your heart of hearts
lives a song
that is all yours
trust the wisdom of it's gait
let it's melody permeate
find that it does decorate
in multitudes of gesture

rising from your heart of hearts
your quintessential song
~

Both of these wild flowers are wonderfully unique from one another. 

I love their awesome details, wild and fringy is one and the other, well look at those colorful spots:

Tangible Warning

they appeared
majestic in beauty and muscle
above our heads on summer cliffs
blue sky
green  flora
framed them superbly

their gaze landed on us with concern
in turn this should have concerned us
yet we watched with joy to see them

two elders came down the cliffs toward us
sent the younger ones far around

as they neared 

a force quite tangible
beamed from their eyes and forehead
warning us to back off

we did
they held us off
until their tribe was far away
lowering their heads to eat
~

Running Eagle Falls, Montana

opening
to the splendor of our world
opens us to the splendor within

~

 Running Eagle Falls

near Two Medicine, Glacier National Park, Montana

notice the water flows from the top of the falls

and 

also there is a cave half way down the falls that water pours out of!

Trusting

imagine how life might be
if we trusted that each breath 

were our destiny
~

Happy Birthday Annie!

~

Be Like a Flower

 

tranquility abounds
penetrating presence
the mind rests
natural view rises
there is only to be
like a flower or a tree
smiling at the sun
~

Rocky Mountain Majesty

each breath

such richness

an entire universe unto itself

why stray

~

last week I wandered around the east side of the Rocky mountains in Montana 

and Alberta Canada

this photo was taken at Many Glacier Montana

the above poem is written by my dear friend Neil Cohen

for me it is profound

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The Colors of Rocks Water and Air

our world

our planet

expresses a depth of beauty

that stirs my life

deeply and to the surface

inspires my breath to meet the respiration of life

with vitality

with presence

with appreciation

to inhale the air that rises from these bubbles

to know I breath air stirred by glacial melt

is a gift enormous

air is something we all share 

earth and stones the clay our bodies rise from

rocks our brothers and sisters

care something to be on the surface of our flesh

for to care for our family is essential

~