by Bela Johnson | Oct 21, 2014 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, poetry, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Suddenly vibrancy flashes a face, ducking low and into a forest of ferns so high they dwarf humans. Anciently inspiring ecosystem grants us life through our very pores and we don’t even know it; do not think in terms of consequences as men on machines clear to...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 7, 2014 | lifestyle, nature, peace, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
There is quiet in the spaces between a living world formulated in fractals, lurking narrowly beyond human perception on the fringes of the monkey mind. Society screams for attention, babies howl fitfully while words swirl around in grownup heads without prejudice;...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
My daughter is an acupuncturist doing service work in Nepal. Her thoughts so far astound me with their clarity and wisdom. Check it out, if you’re so inclined!
by Bela Johnson | Sep 23, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, philosophy, poetry, relationships, Uncategorized
What is trust but insidious risk cloaked in a tender blanket of intimacy until violated; no return to desirable templates. Is it instinct to gamble where, combined with a heart’s deep yearning for acceptance and the purest love, we shed peril at the feet of the...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 7, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, poetry, Uncategorized
I cannot fathom the man; no way to creep inside skin and hormones in order to sense pride or longing, nor to perceive cultural differences save observation; no first-person proficiency for priorities, dreams, visions. Can one ever truly know another? Meanwhile inside...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 31, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, personal, poetry, Uncategorized
I wanted to be short, landed somewhere in between; longed for slim hips and blond hair, blue-eyed Aphrodite piercing hearts with her Colgate smile. Trading politics for popularity, no idea how to fit in, delving into purgatorial perambulations; sex, drugs and rock and...
