by Bela Johnson | Dec 18, 2018 | nature, perspective, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
Before I began gardening in earnest; before I allowed myself the luxury of flowers rather than the scratching of necessities, firewood and food; before my vision exploded into islands of umber and emerald with spikes of magenta and indigo flanked by tiny waxen buds, I...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 11, 2018 | inspiration, nature, philosophy, poetry, self awareness, Uncategorized
Be the hero of your own life, gathering disparate threads as a spider weaves her tapestry into patterns collected in perfect symmetry, harnessing dewdrops of morning, bright dawn of a new day; Bending not breaking through the winds of change, then radiating like a...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 4, 2018 | Maine, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
She knew it was safe, now her feet chose a path leading far from dark uncertainties, of boarded-up options into an oasis of light, a clearing of both heart and mind, a dendrological dive into oneness with nature, which tree was which, identifying those whose leaves...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 26, 2018 | dreaming, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
I see you, Sister Moon, as you skitter across metal rooftops, bathing the landscape in your pale silvery frost, calling me up and out of fretful sleeplessness, leaving me now to wonder on which coast I lie, memories of chill mornings, stoking wood fires, perpetually...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 15, 2018 | compassion, human interest, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
I saw her today, glimpsed her like a new creature shining and bright, free of the heavy cloak of denotation, bronze I have cast her in despite myself, all these years of believing she could in any way be known; Inside my own skin I remain a mystery, unfolding like the...
