Moments
Before dawn
The silent tree
A distant gull
A sleeping child
In wonder
Held
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Uni Maka
Steadily
And still
She holds
Her voice
A whisper
In the breeze
Come
Come
Remember me
Her perfumed breath
Her very heartbeat
Eternally
In rhythm
A Prayer
At Wounded Knee
A severed dawn
A single crow
That hovers in despair
Silenced by such loss
And now
We kneel
In wordless prayer
For end to wars
Incline our heads
Towards the earth
So for this time
Our faces of forgetfulness
Remember and recede
Music: “With the wind in our hearts” ©John McGhee 2025
Steadfast
Earth goddess
Lover of all
She sings in our veins
Scents the body
Her stride resolute
Her love indestructible
infinite
Photo credit ©Helen Rowe
The Sun Reigns
This goddess of the sky
Sees into every corner
Her incessant smile
Secreting gold
The gaze
Missing nothing
The Swan
The silent swan
Swimming swiftly
Wonderful wing span
She sees the bright sun!
The Self Care Bear
The Self Care Bear
Bares its teeth
When danger is near
Fills its aggressor with terrible fear
Flashes its eyes with laser light
Flexes its muscles
Ready for fight
So don’t go near
The self care bear
It will chase you away
Only God knows
To where
Twilight
By the rivers edge
A solitary child
Chaining daisies, lacing shoes
Through silver eyelets stained with dew
Takes off her shoes and dances
With the friends she never knew
Copyright © 2012 Marita Llinares
The Pianist
Touching the slow notes
Lover of the pause
Deep soul immersed
The sun rains
Through coloured glass
And together with the sound
Fills this sacred place
Images on this page © Bruce Granger 2025
A Song
Loving you
I keep you with me
When the moon hangs high
I breathe with you
In full day sun
I shine in you
In rapturous joy
I dance through you
When sorrow comes
I hold you near
And in forgetting me
I am still
With you