Reality

 

The roses are spent, the petals dry and brittle. 

 

Even so, I keep them. 

 

Roses may die, but feelings and dreams do not. The roses are a reminder of beauty that was, a dream still wished for.

 

The cost of not following your heart, is spending the rest of your life wishing you had.

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Make a Wish

Make a wish,

Whisper it to the wind,

Dare to dream.

When I was a child one of my friends told me that if I wished really hard, and blew the seeds off a dandelion, that those seeds would carry my wish to faeries who would work very hard to make my wish come true.

Make a wish,

Breathe your heart's desire to a thousand faery wings.

I have to confess that I still, all grown-up and seemingly learned, make wishes, and still blow those dandelion seeds into the wind.

Make a wish,

Send it flying,

Twirling with your breath into the blue beyond.

Most wishes eventually come true, the ones that haven't come true just haven't come true yet. The Universe doesn't always deliver on demand.


I do believe, still believe, that wishes can come true. And sometimes, that belief, is big enough for me to rise up and face another day when nothing seems to quite be going my way.

What do you wish for?





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The Dream that Lingers

Waking to loss,
a sorrowing that runs a thread through the day.

The dream
lingers,
like foggy mist clinging
to the trees. 

Even as the sun struggles through the grayness.

Dreaming of the beloved, and
of a life that is not,
may not ever,
Be.
























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Let Go

Let go.
Let your sorrows and fears drift on the wind, float away.

Let go.
See the world with new eyes and fresh hope,
For a new dream, a dream realized, a dream fulfilled.

Some day, some day soon,
Your dream will come floating into your life,
As light and as gentle as a feather.

That dream will be yours to keep,
That dream will be your own to cherish.

Let go so that your empty hands can receive,
And your lonely heart be filled with love.

Let go.
Bless me father, mother, god
Hold me in your light
Let me be gentle and kind and fearless.

Let go.




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Seven (7) Haiku

1.
If you only knew,
how often I think of you.
Could you stay away?

2.
The singing birds of dawn,
find me already awake.
I am fleeing dreams.

3.
The day's duties call,
the dog must go outside.
I wait for the light.

4.
Dream mist enfolds me.
I am caught between two worlds.
Light can set me free.

5.
The cool air of night,
drifts through the open window.
I stand, shivering.

6.
I ask for guidance.
I can hear only silence.
I wait for a sign.

7.
Rain strikes the window.
The bed is warm, my room dark.
You sleep, I must go.




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Forgotten Dream

In an abandoned farmhouse,
Vacant doorways and shattered windows invite the outside in.

The rooms are empty,
Misty echoes of voices grope along the edges of the walls,
Only ghosts reside in this place now.

In the last room a silvered mirror reveals a simple dress.

Waiting to be worn to one last party,
One more dance,
A forgotten dream.

 ~photograph & prose by Terry Rowe





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A Small Prayer

 

bless me,

Father, Mother, God.

for I am a puny thing

and my spirit wearies even as I know I should go on.

 

give me strength and light.

 

let me believe when believing seems foolish.

 

let me dream when the sun is strong.

 

let me live when life seems darkest.

let me be and I will do and do and do....

 

bless me and I will be eternally grateful.

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