Capricious Mother Nature
Adds a little bright red to
Her late-summer pastels.
Soon that won’t be enough;
She’ll get carried away
And paint all the forests
With the brightest colors
She has on her palette,
But when she steps back
To admire her painting,
She’ll come to her senses
And quickly erase it all.
–Photo by me
–photo by my son, Aaron
stormy clouds above
racing their rivals below
locked in a dead heat
–photo by me
children tell tall tales
to naive younger children–
and believe them too
the greatest storytellers
never lose that innocence
–photo by my son, Aaron
Adrift upon the Sea of Night
And lost in shades of black and white,
I saw a friendly, dancing light
Upon a distant shore,
And as I left my bleak repose
And sought the dark expanse to close,
Beyond the light, a voice arose,
Then two, then three, then four.
I raised my sails, set my sights
And hastened toward this light of lights–
The voices raised to lofty heights
And filled my heart with cheer;
This place I knew so little of
seemed filled with peace and joy and love,
I laughed and praised the Lord above,
But then, as I drew near,
I found a void between us ran,
And though no hardy sailin’ man,
I battled hard the gulf to span,
So deep, so long, so wide.
The sea grew rough, my ship was tossed
It wasn’t long, I knew I’d lost
The chasm’s breadth could not…
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a river winds
through paradise,
its waters lined
with wild rice
–photo by me
I can’t think of a better time for a Roddenberry quote. As the genius behind Star Trek, he always had a positive spin on mankind’s future, something we could use right now.
It would have been his birthday today. I’m almost glad he’s not here to see how far we’ve strayed from his vision:
“If we cannot learn to actually enjoy our differences on this planet, then we do not deserve to go into space and meet the diversity that is almost certain out there.”
He believed we would.
–Painting & photo by me
rain
steady, all-nighter
drizzling, drenching, reflecting
makes me feel sad
tears
–photo by me
earth and sky
briefly display their
matching gold bands
before running off
together into
the night
–photo by me
–photos by me
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