When the moon is nigh and
the tides roll in covering
the jumble and the mess
and the winds are calm
then the  loveliness of
light reflects and ripples.

There is no reason
to not trust the calm
dark and cool sea,
but as the tide recedes
we see it is not so smooth
and it is hiding much.

And further out we go,
the more the wind blows
the sea suddenly rages
and love and respect finds
no home as the mess will
stir and churn with a storm.

For only the moon and
the winds of pressure
change the nature of
this sea, as we wait
impatiently for it to decide
what it should be.

Happy and Healthy New Year All! 

A Very Merry and Blessed Christmas to all!

When it happens, and we find out we’ve been duped,
into believing in a saviour who sold us our own fears.
Will we call it false, and a lie, and deny it happened?
Or might we have the humility to know ourselves and speak truth?
Will we move beyond the fears unfounded and threats imagined?
Or dig deeper into the morass of our own ignorance and hate?
To avoid knowing we had been duped by a man in a gold tower.
Who told us we were exceptional, as long as we were his,
who used the levers of power, for more power, and wealth.
Whose disciples now seek to reign over the doors to our fears.
These the duping doors are tragically still open.

May freedom won by those
who sacrificed everything
forever reign!
And may our nation value those
freedoms so valiantly acquired
now and forever!

Picture taken by Lori Smith

Native to India and SouthEast Asia, there is a flock of about 200 Peacocks in Pinellas County Florida… who knew?