(personal photo)
Mount Yamnuska
stony cliff face scramble
allows us to pass
Black crow swoops
noisy caw across our path
comic relief flight
Gravel scree slope
descends below flat rock wall face
laughs rise as boots glide
Luminous stars wait
clouds obscure arriving moon
midnight rendezvous
(imagechef.com)
I am waiting for the perfect moment
to make my move and call.
I am waiting for my calendar to clear
to be able to sit for awhile.
I am waiting until I know
that we won’t be interrupted,
I don’t want my message to be
misinterpreted or corrupted.
As I wait for the perfect moment
I know the years are passing
but my courage is also growing,
expanding and amassing.
And now here I lie
on my deathbed ready to expire…
I never found the perfect moment
to which I had aspired.
“Almost everything will work again
if you unplug it for a few minutes,
including you.”
I am blindfolded on a plank.
My hands crisscrossed. A sword in each.
The sky drizzles sorrow around me.
I need to take my blindfold off.
I must break free from this bondage.
A knight in full armour arrives.
Together we escape.
We drink from the cup of life.
My life is blessed. As I move down
the path of life, I walk alongside
my knight. We protect each other.
A chariot rolls by. We nod and smile.
A white rose is tossed from the driver
and lands at my feet.
As I bend to pick up the flower
a wizard appears holding a jewelled
chalice in his hands. Stars burst
from the cup. Dragons flame forth.
Crows and fairies fly forward, upward
to the clouds. I stand in awe and
bow to the truth.
A rider on a beautiful white horse
approaches with an offering. My knight
allows him to pass and I accept the
offering. Streams of water flow from
an emerald cup.
My bonds have been broken. I am
protected by all who have come before
me, and all who are to follow.
Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.