Across the desert floor expanding, tide flowing…glimmering under blue skyshimmering with Sun’s blessing…This ocean’s currentsare powerreturning.
Author Archives: Ciel
The Light in the Middle of the Tunnel
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul, you have a body.”“What if we behaved as if the God in all life matters?”“You are special: And so is everyone else.”“Youth delights in cleverness; Age, in kindness.”“What you have is what you wanted most.” There are words that suddenly turn lights on, that wake us …
Tolkien Tribute: Dark Path
Darkness Thick, engulfing… Full of hunger, full of eyes… Terror Creeping near Among the tangle of the trees… Hunger Haunting, lurking Reaching from the midnight mirk… One pathway Safe-enchanted… Such a pity that you strayed…
Tolkien Tribute: The Deep Wood Stirs
Dark, dark the rich earth where our roots sink deep.Gloomy, the air where we reach towards the sky.Long, long the years we have stood here asleep;Diminished, our peace as the ages passed by.But now we awaken to realize the creepof tendrils of smoke, drifting bitter and dry:Our borders are breached and our enemies walkUnder the …
Travel Journal: Crossing Colorado
Storm Clouds Over ColoradoAugust 2007 We continued on I-70 through Glenwood Canyon, called the most beautiful segment of this highway with good reason! We stopped at one of the several rest areas that have been developed to make the most of the canyon’s attributes. It’s called No Name, and if you are going that way, …
Travel Journal: Trapping the Wild Tourist
They are out there, little roadside attractions like a two-headed critter, or a zoo of oddities, or something just big and silly, like the world’s largest ball of string… And then there are the big ones, always “ready to relieve you of a sou or two…” August 16, 2007 Colorado Road Trip Sunrise at Royal …
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Raw: Killing Time
Some daysI hate Time… It gives with one handexperiencewisdom, kittens, pups, and babesthrill of anticipationpromises of joyand hope… And with the other, takesyouth and beautyenthusiasm,illusions that were joy,dangles promisesjust out of reach,kills hope. Land Without TimeDreamtime,invite me…I’ve had enoughof teasing. June 2011
Raw: Life’s a Beach
AdvanceRetreatAdvance againRun back…Roar in with thunderpounding upwards through the feet and soul…Race out hissinglike the dying sparks of fireworks and dreams… Wavesand joyand sorrow, too,and fortune. August 2011
Tolkien Tribute: The Fallen Rider
Rider, turn your steed, Set your face unto the distance,Ride unto the edge of all the landsWhere Men live their lives Of striving, hungering and pain… Go ye now, Rider, Unto the happy landsWhere dwell all our Fathers Bliss-enfoldedSun-blessed ever– Join now the feastingJoin now the singingThe regaling of their mighty deedsAnd yours… And tell …
Tolkien Tribute: A Bitter Parting
A Tolkien fan site I used to write on ran a contest for writing dialogue. The parameters were to choose two characters in a particular setting. I chose Elrond and Arwen’s final meeting. I also added a challenge of my own, to write the scene entirely through the dialogue. Father, why do you not speak? Will …
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