by Bela Johnson | Oct 6, 2025 | gardening, nature, relationships, self awareness, transformation, Uncategorized
It’s new, it’s not, the bones remember, though I forgot;another year collapsing into itself like a wavethat folds and folds until the ocean swallows sound; Was I kind enough? Did I hold the ones I lovewithout trying to fix their pain? Or did I burn too...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 26, 2025 | inspiration, nature, relationships, self awareness, transformation, Uncategorized
How many times have I fallen,only to rise again -despite my doubts; How many times have I heardwhispered: not yet…do not give up,do not give in;there is still more to offer; Live long enoughand you begin to recognizethe ebb and flow,the tidal pull of existence;ends...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 23, 2015 | community, lifestyle, nature, poetry, transformation, Uncategorized
I began leaving home in the womb, winter-weary parents packing up kids and dreams, fleeing frozen for fallacy ill conceived through jeweled blinders, backs turned stubbornly on a kinder fate. No Valley Girl at heart, I came to rely upon mountains and creatures too...