by Bela Johnson | Jan 7, 2014 | freedom, inspiration, self awareness, Uncategorized
I find I’m looking for fear with a background trembling in anticipation of its discovery. Why does my mind willfully seek out that which engenders this shaky unrest? My body yearns to move while thoughts, suspended in space, inspire little if not lethargy....
by Bela Johnson | Dec 31, 2013 | inspiration, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
The world hinges on a moment, an hour when this concept of calendar brought into fashion by Julius Caesar seeking convenience amidst conquering, becomes the standard on which we pin hopes, dreams, intentions. Pick a time in space, like the biblical god of...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 13, 2013 | freedom, musings, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
I know a woman who labels everything. It causes me to smile sometimes and cringe at others, especially when she confers cutesy monikers upon wild creatures. It seems insensitive to me, to somehow expect the dwindling nonhuman free spirits of the world to be shackled...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 6, 2013 | inspiration, love, personal, Uncategorized
I’ve begun writing with yet another group of powerful women. Our theme is Mothers and Daughters, and while I was pondering my first submission to the group, this little ditty sprang into my head before I settled down to compose my ‘real’ piece....
by Bela Johnson | Jul 16, 2013 | musings, people, personal, poetry, Uncategorized
Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home. Your house is on fire; your children all roam. Grief washes over me in surprising waves, currents flowing into eddies in the folds of my brain. She fidgets in the nursing home; picking feathers off false birds needing no tending....
by Bela Johnson | Jul 9, 2013 | personal, philosophy, science, Uncategorized
Who would have thought that looking up one’s age as a number on the periodic table of elements would result in another amazing revelation? Yet here I am, just turned sixty, googling my element like a child on a scavenger hunt. Here’s what I...
