by Bela Johnson | Sep 29, 2015 | musings, nature, philosophy, poetry, self awareness, Uncategorized
Gliding down the corridor Pitch dark, while yet ahead the Smallest shaft of light reflected by a Quarter moon, Wafting its indigo gleam, Cutting through the night as if Fear suddenly turns to Hope like a Diamond in my...
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 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 | Jul 28, 2015 | family, philosophy, self awareness, Uncategorized
I know this nonchalance you speak of, a kind of half-blaming, half-devoted confusion of youth. Must be a mother-daughter thing meant to break hearts open like sorrow or ecstasy; a mixed plate from Pandora’s kitchen, perspective being all as I know now, having had...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 25, 2015 | nature, philosophy, poetry, self awareness, Uncategorized
Renewing my world happens in flashes of insight. If I gaze across twilight in dread of darkness impending, I negate the incubating promise of restoration with the breaking of morn; I shun my own body, fecund with potential percolating possibilities yet to be realized,...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 15, 2015 | lifestyle, mindfulness, nature, psychology, self awareness, Uncategorized
The path of action is one I have often taken, even advocated, so why does it seem to elude me these days? The intellect, ever mind-full, providing endless amusement, observations. In the end, is this helpful or simply deterrent to accepting the fullness of existence?...
