by Bela Johnson | Jul 6, 2016 | lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
Growing up there wasn’t a thing I liked about the color blue. Home was walled white with black and white Japanese hanging prints, glass topped tables and smooth black lacquered chairs upholstered white; white baby grand. In contrast, blue was the color of sadness, of...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 21, 2016 | nature, people, philosophy, Uncategorized
What can be grasped in the depth of one’s gaze peering mysteriously through curtains of illusion, how to ever truly comprehend; I sit gazing at that image now, the one of you and me on the water, snow-crested Mauna Kea backdrop, you in your element and me in...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 7, 2016 | nature, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
Nothing left to hold onto unites unfettered intent with purpose less the useless struggle, railing against the inevitable wasting, wanting what cannot long be possessed; Remember, dear friend, how we both arrived in this life, naked and vulnerable and grasping,...
by Bela Johnson | May 24, 2016 | nature, philosophy, psychology, Uncategorized
It is still when it comes, soundlessness pressing upon ears and bones, while in the distance tires pummel asphalt, birdsong dims as it thrums and it drums metal rooftops, delusive shelter from the storm when it hits, as will happen, none are spared its conclusion; Who...
by Bela Johnson | May 10, 2016 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, poetry, spirituality, Uncategorized
The most gentle of men sits perched on a rock, casting about for water generous enough to pull him out and spit him back on shore, delighted as a child. What does life require of us but this, that we discover contentment in the simple things, acts of grace which...
by Bela Johnson | May 4, 2016 | friends, healing, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
You’ve got to get it out, I said, out where the poison can drain harmlessly onto thirsty ground, where the pain cannot solidify into suffering, send it back to its source purified, clarified, transformed; Asphyxiated, a soul cannot draw in-spiration, we must unknot...
