“Struggles too have exited
To be reborn as petals on the breezes.
”
— Susan Dishinger
“Anatta, anicha, dukha
I’m sure I could work this out
if i just had a little more time.”
— Emilie Teiko Cartoun
“Love
safety
trust
confidence
This is my wish for you.”
— Shintai Dungay
“The wave comes in and goes out
WIthout ever increasing or decreasing
But ever changing”
— Susan Michelle
“Paper, kindling, match,
a small flame being nurtured.
Wood catches, flame leaps wildly blowing
everywhere erratically.
Fire settles down
burning maturely with a steady blaze.
Bright red coals form,
eventually turning to ash.”
— Penny Mock
“Full moon
waxes and wanes,
passes through clouds,
sometimes an eclipse,
then re-appears
Finally disappears
from view.
”
— Penny Mock
“Now you have it.
Oh, really?
Grab the mist.”
— Bruce Ryan
“The glass slips out of my grasping hands.
Crash!
A thousand suns glisten on my kitchen floor.”
— Monica Smith
“So much dwelling on this moment,
What a waste ...”
— Kimberley Choan Wood-Saldaña
“When the future becomes the past
and now is forgotten.”
— Kimberly Choan Wood-Saldaña
“This ride was not wild enough ...
dang it.”
— Kimberley Choan Wood-Saldaña
“grasping grasping grasping
For what?
Hands have no choice
to let go, or not
The moment has come.”
— Kimberley Choan Wood-Saldaña