Compassion… a warm safe place… a haven. #poem #suicide

Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon

 

COMPASSION

<This was a poem I wrote for a friend who’s daughter had just committed suicide – with some minor edits> 

Compassion is said to be a noun. A noun: a person, place or thing. I guess its definition is that of a thing… but can an emotion be a thing?

I like to think of compassion as a place… a warm, safe place… a haven. A steady firm, grounded place… where one can rest; rest your weary bones… rest your troubled, heavy head… when you feel so alone that you’d rather be dead… this is the place of calm in the storm… when your pain is too much… and there’s no more you can take… and you feel you can’t go on.

It’s a place that is always available. A place that goes on for you when you feel so blue and so low… that you don’t…

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oct 25 2019 #micropoetry #vss #poetryinspiredbyaphoto

I wander the forest of your heart

sometimes we’re together other times apart

freely there you let me roam

among fond trees of affection

leading me home

photo by @withnomoney twitter

oct 19 2019 #haiku #micropoetry #vss

roses of summer fade

brilliant leaves

fall into decadent decay

~

photo by Calvin D. Hanson

 

oct 16 2019 #mindfulness

your value and worth were established at birth

oct 17 2019 #micropoetry #vsspoem

the wind

the wind

roaring through the trees

speaking of all that used to be

telling me what needs to be

encouraging me

to believe

in all that I can be

so strong

so free

clearing the way for me

oct 16 2019 #micropoetry #vss #poetryinspiredbyaphoto

thoughts go by

on melancholy sky

fall has fallen

winter’s calling

memory’s leaves

floating sighs

dark pool of inner being

seen and unseen

folding inward

whispers heard

unheard

words unspoken

echoing token

of knowing

and unknowing

this dark sea

~

photo by @withnomoney twitter

oct 15 2019b #micropoetry #vss

it takes work to not exist

seeping into cracks

others desist

ignoring facts

erasing tracks

blending into oblivion

existing in light

others shun

blinded by a million suns

escaping what might’ve been

dissolving all potential sin

come to sleep

here with the moon

unlike the sheep

you only ever knew

~

oct 15 2019 #micropoetry #vss

moody skies

rains drip down a window pane

emotions ebb weave and wane

breathe in cold

damp touches your soul

recalling beauty of life

instead of death and strife

deep in the heart

embers still glow

feelings dance to and fro

in memory’s embrace

of a time and place

where you once were

sure

oct 6 2019 #haiku #micropoetry #vss

tears shed

under a david bowie sky

sharing a coyote sigh

 

sept 30 2019d #micropoetry #vss

I once had a very brief affair with a firefly

it thought my phone screen

was flashing it my mating signal

if flew so near

only for the sad truth to appear

sept 30 2019c #poetry #mindfulness #healing

sometimes the past

comes to roost

on your doorstep

many years since

you thought you left it behind

but hungry ghosts

will continue to haunt

till wounds are acknowledged and healed

avoidance only invites them back in

so make sure you do your due diligence

and honour yourself

and feel what you have to feel

work it all through

so there’s no reason

for them to renew

sept 30 2019b #haiku #micropoetry #vss

ceremony under trees

crimson kissed fall leaves

flutter in the breeze

 

sept 30 2019 #haiku #micropoetry #vss

there stands lone pine

in whisper of new moon shine

contemplating goodbye

~

photo by lynn stavitt

what makes your heart sing? #mindfulness #inspiration

one thing that makes my heart sing

is the beauty of some people

it can sometimes be hard to find

but there are some people who are kind

and who help another person or a creature

with no thought to themselves

and it just melts my heart

I feel so grateful for these people

that are in touch with their hearts

and in doing so

and in so being

they’re able to touch others

#loveisallthatmatters

sept 22 2019 #micropoetry #vss

 

turkey vultures

huge ravens

porcupines

getting lost

a sign

2nd grand entry

dancing

water lapping

sacred fire releasing

youth learning

round dance drum songs

in honour 💓

your songs

inspire

bring healing

under a blanket of stars

deep into the night

along with shooting star

delight

oct 2 2019 #micropoetry #vss

the changeable weather of bc

mists shroud mountains in mystery

eagles soar overhead

crashing ocean waves

salt air on my tongue

wildlife all about

deep in the rain forest

ancient raven calls

against the roar of silence

lush green moss carpet

my heart slows

to mother earth time

💗

photo by kelly rebar

sept 27 2019 #micropoetry #vss

he held her

like the horizon

holds the sky