by Bela Johnson | Sep 23, 2015 | musings, philosophy, self awareness, Uncategorized
He gives away more than he means to all these years into life, fervently seeking God by whatever name and oh, the misery of a heart chained to romanticism, temptation of forbidden apples, torturous longing. Sometimes I wonder at my own pivoting turns, self-created...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 15, 2015 | love, people, Uncategorized
Desirous of returning, perhaps, furtive glances at the young couple, hands never far from one another, stroking gently and they know, these manatee women, how it changes, that touch, first a small betrayal, feelings far out of proportion to events peculiar to youth...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 8, 2015 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, poetry
Between cinder cone mountains and the solid feel of dog flesh nudging ribs lie vast expanses of earth, surging seas thundering against cliffs and sand like the unceasing labors of Sisyphus. As whitecaps assail her surface, a clutch of humpbacks, slick heaving...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 1, 2015 | musings, philosophy, self awareness, spirituality, Uncategorized
When did women learn the soul bashing false humility of self abnegation? When did men first crush hearts into emotional valises, compartmental corruption of the tender qualities that endear them to us? We are free. And if we are not liberated, forgetfulness is the...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 25, 2015 | lifestyle, philosophy, poetry, popular culture, psychology
To have existed is not enough, importance placed elsewhere in a culture where life itself holds little value; She searches, flailing frantically, coming socially unhinged, unsure of any positive contribution now, before, future colliding kaleidoscopically on a...
