NO FOOLING . . . . STILL Every once in a while I’d love to be able to hide how I feel, these emotions of mine that find their way in between the cracks of the wall constructed so very meticulously and carefully designed not to let them in. Every once […]
FLOWING INTO FALL Long days slowly fading into dusk summer flowing into autumn once more; whispers of golden and crimson leaves easing into my days, the green of summer giving way again to the brilliance of fall. It’s hard to believe a whole year has passed by; just yesterday, it seems, the leaves so green […]
“Basillica Assisi” by Francesco Celeghin“ WITHIN As I come once more to this hallowed place I’ve been to so often before, I stop and shut my eyes for only a moment, searching for that sense of peace that’s eluded me so many times before. And as I stop to consider what I see […]
PICKING UP THE PIECES By Barbara K A Cheryl’s Pals Collab Broken and tattered, my emotions tossed aside, worn, torn and exhausted, I desperately try to recover what’s left of me inside; trying to collect all the tears that I’ve shed, gathering up the pieces of what’s left […]
TOWARD THE CENTER: Pathways to Me Pathways of August and summer’s end have taken me once more to places I’ve already seen, to some I’ve never been, and to many I’ve wanted to see once again. They’ve taken me through the Arizona desert to the City of the Sun; to the […]
OF DEWDROPS AND DAYDREAMS Dewdrops and daydreams sprinkled with sunbeams bright, a garden of pure enchantment soothes my heart tonight. And as the sun prepares to set, the day beginning to slip away and out of sight, butterflies and fairies grace the flowers and trees and steal my heart away. For within this garden, this […]
THE DREAMER IN ME Upon magical clouds of moonbeams and stars, I drift off to sleep away and afar to places I never believed I could be, a new world before me as far as I can see. A wondrous journey to wherever and beyond, these dreams of the night following the moon’s tender light, […]
MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL Barely visible the path I seek, tangled and twisted within those dark places I try to avoid, recesses of my heart hidden from sight, caught up in a web of imagination’s own making, eyes struggling to see, to make any sense at all of those shadowy visions lurking in the […]
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT I. Thoughts and emotions in clear disarray beginning to flow from darkness to light, my heart beginning to feel what my eyes finally see. And where confusion held my heart now peace engulfs me within the light. (c) barbara kausteklis 8-30-11 II. Darkness engulfing my heart […]
FLAMES IMPASSIONED Flames rising to meet a midnight sky, their frenzied dance glowing within, impassioned hearts, heated flames inspired, etching each page with feelings once buried deep inside. Flames molten and blinding, their incantations rise out of the darkness, silence pierced and broken as golden tones crescendo imagination joining in the magical […]
