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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SUMMER DREAMS AND SUNSHINE SCHEMES We were children and dreamers, for they went hand in hand, together all the time on those long summer days as we made such big plans from the dawning of the day till so very late at night. We were fast friends with big dreams, on […]
RELEASED WITHIN Captivated by their hypnotic spell they draw me once more into their lyrical trance, these flames so delicately dancing upon the air, finding their way through winding passageways and into my heart. And as I watch them, enveloped within their glow, their syncopated rhythms igniting passions somewhere deep within my soul I’m mesmerized […]
THE DAWN UNFOLDING BY BARBARA K A CHERYL’S PALS COLLAB As the dawn unfolds with the rising sun, sheer beauty divine enveloping my day, the birds of morning once again greet me with their symphony of morning melodies. And with their sweet song, the fragrances of summer blooms, scents of love and sweet wine so […]
SWEET RELEASE My heart awakens to the flowers that bloom, the secrets of their beauty released as I slumber and dream of flight, life beckoning to me in whispers warm and free – dreaming to be, my destiny. (c) barbara kausteklis 7-26-11 (c) photo barbara a kausteklis (bak) […]
GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS Each day as the sun begins to shine I go looking for one of my best friends, the one who is my inner child. And putting our heads together, we come up with some plans to get ourselves moving, to brighten up our day. We paint and we sing and we […]
