by Bela Johnson | Jan 29, 2022 | friendship, love, marriage equality, perspective, Uncategorized
Go alone, I will join you later,you are free anytime you wish;no strings, save the vowsinto which you entreated me,all those years ago; Go as you will, you have earnedmy trust, my soul safein your keeping; that, at least,I can count on, even as I abhorrestraints...
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;...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 23, 2021 | human interest, nature, personal, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
There are confusing encountersleaving one gasping for breath,the mind grasping for understanding;such is the nature of life and death,the latter being more recentin my world of experience; I eschew addictions, just as theyare sought to resolve what seemsunfathomable...
