I long to pause
for a day, month, or year
to stare out windows at mountains
and trees where birds congregate
or a pattern in the wood wall
thoughts would come and memories
not of things needing doing
to lie guiltfree
let weariness drain
from body used to pushing
mind used to juggling
soul struggling to keep up
to sink into the void
behind closed eyes
head empty of plans
shoulds and coulds and supposed tos
scattered to the winds
and in the blackness dream
of flying free
Radha
About Me
- Radha
- I am a recently retired Kootenay gal (after almost 40 years in health care)How amazing to have the freedom to choose how I spend my time. I dedicate a lot of it to my home and property; tending fruit trees, vegetable, herb and flower gardens and mucking with a small pond where I am entertained by fish.I call it Tall Trees, an appropriate name, surrounded as it is by mostly large cedars and firs. I am often visited by elk and deer and the occasional bear and take total joy in all the birds and their songs. I share the place with my two cats. Other frequent visitors are my daughter and two grand children. Writing is another passion and now more time to read all manner of books. I am fortunate to have found spiritual community in both a Sufi and Dances of Universal Peace circle. I am one of several leaders of the dances in the Nelson area. I try to take time for outdoor recreation, biking the rail bed, swimming and canoeing the rivers and walking along them. Although winter is a more inward time, I get out on snowshoes and with a snow shovel and enjoy the beauty of each new snowfall. I have recently joined a writing group. Singing may be next.
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