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The Ides – Storm

by Deb Strafuss 
It blows our way
we hunker in and pray
or it comes upon us as a predator with its prey
unexpectedly wiping us away

We are bereft and gone
forlorn, without song
we utter 
our despair
lost in our way without care

Yet earth is there
to receive our prayer,
when storms have past 
we are still here

A newness felt, built upon the past
what was, and is no more
becomes the portal, a new door
to move with ease
and find our peace.

In this new place of space
we cast our lines
and toil again
to climb 
the mountain’s peaks
and valleys sublime,

Exploring new ground 
building new hopes,
home for our souls to grow
new paths yet to know

We go
propelled by wisdom’s storm
dislodged from former forms
We flow
into new being
new grace
new knowing
new going

Upon this living, breathing earth
Storm brings us new birth
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65000 Feet Arial View
Nature

65000 Feet

by Deb Strafuss

Flight

1.

Arial View

Sunshadow

Sunshadow

earth folding

spirit molding

into shine

2.

Light passes into light

Sunfire heat shines bright

thoughts and souls ignite

 

3.

Earth curves

Earth Curve

Oh! to soar a little higher

still

see earth curve

beneath the till

of time

and unwind.

Rivers

1.

I see a snake upon the ground

winding like a river round

careless tossed

bracelet lost

upon the landscape

an embrace

 

2.

Two Rivers

Rivers

Like a horseshoe

two rivers joined

creating confluence

in the mind.

Mountains

Earth folds

like some soft mask

made of time

telling stories

of its memories

Horizon

Somebody painted this

in their dream

soft colors

muted scenes

stretching to the unseen

Mountain

Mountain

Airplane

We are still glowing

upon the ground

Our going in the clouds

is found.

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People

Friendship

by Deb Strafuss

                                         For Ingrid & Laura

Delicate dewdrops

Fragrance and flowers

Peaceful the stillness 

Of cherished hours

Spent in the bonds

Of friendship’s love

Storied by shared lives.

Two intertwined in time

Exploring the here and divine

Holding hands

Through every thoroughfare

 Through every storm they have dared

To love and respect and care

 For the treasure of being there

 For each other.

 Two friends

Forever bound

 With love the cord that holds

Beyond the widening gulf of pain

That will this pathway end.

There is a beginning again

When one has a treasured friend.

 

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PeoplePolitics

In Honor of Maya

by Deb Strafuss
I wrote this in the summer of 2010. It is the right time to share it, as Maya was its inspiration…. God bless the lighted souls who share their spirits with us here. Maya was one such soul, lit by the tears of grief and fear, deepened by the experiences of life to a vibration of soul that resonated deeply with many. She played us like orchestral strings with her words. We thank her for being here.

Summer Dreams

I wish a poet laureate to be

with some sweet form of melody

ringing from the heart unstressed

through aught within

unstopped, expressed

Flowing through – unfiltered, clean

the pure images of what is seen

felt and throught – spoken and taught

named and nameless deeds been wrought

I wish a poet laureate to be                                                                                    

A clear, sparkling mirror

of reality!

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Nature

Prayer to the Elements – Air

by Deb Strafuss

 

I feel you air!

breath upon my face

I feel you air

in this sacred space

 

Kissed by time and

wind and grace

softly she whispers as she passes

my place

gentle her touch upon my cheek

as she goes

 

Thank you oh wind

for your blessing bestowed

 

 

 

Air opens space

clearing – gently or forcefully – our minds and souls – opening up places to experience joy, love, being, peace.

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Nature

A Winter’s Rest

by Deb Strafuss

 

 

Winter skyBeneath the sheets

and blankets warm

I sleep

 

Nestled and cocooned away

dreaming dreams of warmer days

the softening sheen of sun replays

a dazzled, colorful display

 

Yet in that soft deep warmness dwells

rest,

Snowy Mornjewel tones swell in nighted splendor

through my haze of sleep-drenched

melted soul

 

In this mystical place

I have no body

to anchor me

 

I dwell with stars

have no fear

waft on warm and billowed dreams

along the shores of whatever seems

 

View from the backI Am Become Awareness

creeping softly o’er

this inner universe

I Am

One with

Pillowed Rest

 

 

 

 

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Nature

Frozen

by Deb Strafuss

 

Still and Quiet

 

in the Night

 

My chimes that blessed me

with their breath

 

are Frozen

 

Not a whisper of their song

sounds to guide me into sleep

 

Snow Falls

frozen drops

and Calls

for stillness in the deeps

 

What kinds of wondering

in our dreams

when Silence

cold and dark

surrounds our sleeping form?

 

How do we Breathe

when we sleep with These

dark frozen winter days

 

My chimes are stilled

the earth is chilled

life is filled

within an ice embrace

 

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Spiritual

Fire & Ice

by Deb Strafuss

The moon ringed in arcs of lighted ice while Tungurahua erupted in fire as the winter solstice and the Mayan calendar collided in transmutational energies on December 21st. (See my facebook page for pictures of these events) As we begin this new year of our journey on earth let us walk with our hearts and inner beings open. This is a time of intensified spiritual activity and communication. Record your dreams and visions, hopes and intuitions. Meditate. Pray. Seek direction and guidance. Walk forth and listen to their

Voices

Heaven and Earth did speak

In mysteries where they meet

Ice and Fire conspire to point the way

How much louder must they pleadFire and Ice

to touch our sensitivity?

While weather roils

And gunmen’s toils

bring all our hopes to spoil

 

Let fire burn and ice construe

A new, restructured, clearer view

Bringing rest to those who grieve

A path to those who cannot perceive,

Testing will and strength and belief

In fathomed tones far beneath

The fairyland we live in.

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Life

Working

by Deb Strafuss

Grandmother

A Friday Prayer

Gray

Dreary

Sullen

 

 

Long

Boring

Imprisoned

 

 

Squeezing my life in among the cracks

 

 

 

See the day

Stretching away before my sullen eyes

Glazed with boredom I realize

I am working, giving, sharing, inspiring

Supporting, caring, responding to

The needs around me as they arise

Giving my best to each person who claims

Part of my energy today

I am the one who is seeing my way

Guiding my thoughts and preparing-

With love, wisdom, courage and spirit

I pray

Let me be all that is needed today.

 

 

 

Thank you for the gifts great mother

Thank you for the talent, time and energy

Thank you for the love that feeds and nurtures on the way

Thank you that I have all I need

To be me

 

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Spiritual

Balance

by Deb Strafuss

In this time of transitions, of Falling – away from Summer and into Winter, sleep, and death – into that unbreathing waiting, hibernating, of long nights and howling northern winds to which we look as it comes to meet us once again, I ask

Is there Balance?

 

Or is there only loss?

 

And gain

 

the up and down

around and around

 

of our pain,

the joy

and sorrow,

All the same?

 

Mother

in her wisdom knows

this is how time

comes and goes.

 

Breathe,

the peacefulness flows

 

Breathe

in being, and know

 

The flight of birds

of time that wings,

 

The depth of earth and hope and

 

Sing

the songs of

Being Whole

 

Fresh and new

and

young and old

 

Wisdom

in her time here

whispers in tones most clear

 

Rest, stop, release, fear.

Give, receive, believe

 

Stop, go, fast, slow

And be

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