by Bela Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, people, Uncategorized
Laughter alchemizing leaden to light, a child’s eyes lit up from inside a man not yet shrouded in decorum. Search for the Buddha all you will while life continues in ordinaries; teachers everywhere from leaf mold to lovers. Only the mind waxing preferential, maroon...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 19, 2014 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, poetry, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Why be conflicted with death? It’s no new trend, fluorescent Nikes in the wake of black and white. This is not a game of thrones over which we could prevail; no defeat-able foe, steroidal match of will or wits. United in helplessness if nothing else, our humanity...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 12, 2014 | creativity, lifestyle, musings, personal, poetry, Uncategorized
How can we hold harmless the jealousy of poets, artists of the mind who articulate where others flounder, dry-docking on their facts? Words spoken burn daylight and time cannot retract itself, no excusing, bowing out. Forgive us then, the endless pondering, refining...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 6, 2014 | happiness, inspiration, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
Lucid dreams and time bombs light up folds of the mind like fireworks stamping images that fade, leaving only memory trails in their wake. In bright light or deepest shadow lies truth, pulsing quietly and insistently amidst folly; flickering neon placards of inquiry,...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 3, 2014 | musings, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
I’m accustomed to gazing at stars beyond stars soaring like dragons across the night sky. Wrapped in fleece, I steal away, bare feet padding across dew-soaked grasses, rolling onto my backside, bathing in moonlight. Like a faerie dipping into the heart of a flower to...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 23, 2014 | inspiration, lifestyle, musings, poetry, Uncategorized
I cannot capture the flower on film, only rarely have light and essence pierced the veil to quiver still upon the page. Petals are fragile things life exudes when it finds an opening for expressions of ecstacy. ...
