by Bela Johnson | Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sip the nectar apapane bird,that golden liquid fire,warming the belly, openingthose channels to life,itself born of twin flames; Conflagrations ignite so easilywhen young, not enough wisdomto pick and choose, nature does itfor us, the rest is up to fate,giving rise to...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 5, 2022 | growing up, human interest, nature, personal, perspective, Uncategorized
Stay in the distance, watch the light,it is all you need; It is all I ever craved,this meeting with light imbued forms,spirit beings that visited me when young,floating up the canyon, me standingsmall, eagerly awaiting that reunion; The Church would have called...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 27, 2021 | human interest, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
When I gaze out over the fieldand spot a herd of elk, whichupon closer inspectionis really only distantsagebrush; when I, in a flashlasting no longer than amillisecond, see my own bodyas a juniper tree, I no longerquestion it; We are all made of the sameelements...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 13, 2021 | creativity, human interest, musings, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
Some things are not meant to be,though I still save space for them,not knowing divine timingor even my own mind sometimes,and what is this compulsionto occupy perceptual emptiness,is it simply creativity seekinga natural outlet, the crashing surfcarving out caves on...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 30, 2021 | dreaming, inspiration, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
When the spin slows down to a pin-drop lull,and time moves forward, collapses,telescopic Trickster demonstrating the follyof what most consider solid;When accepted illusion no longer holds sway,capturing the monkey mind in sticky spider webtrappings of its own making;...