Differently

Lead

Follow my lead

and I'll take you to places you've never been

Make you do things you've never done

Give me your hands

and I'll hold them as we fly

Exploring what is unknown 

to you, 

to me, 

to the both of us

In breathless wonder

Under the stars,

Beneath the moon as it softly glows,

When snow is falling,

When the birds signal spring,

Underneath the oldest tree in a faraway city,

On a cliff, 

By a river,

As the sun rises or as it says good night,

We will take everything

As light and as deep as a kiss

A kiss that reignites a fire deep within

To shatter and make whole again

As we see mirrors of ourselves in our eyes

I will take your hand

And I will follow your lead

as you take me to places where you want me to be.

* "Joy Riders" by Rassouli

Hello Sister Soraya

Like flowers we bloom
In our own time
Our petals softly kissed
By the rain
and we bask in bright colors
As the sun touches us
We are gifts of nature
You and I, and the Earth Mother
takes us in her hands
Lovingly, always, lovingly
We are nourished and safe.

Know that you are always in the highest of my prayers and know that I love you, sister!

Ice

Cold and dangerous
And it burns to the touch
And it stays
Hard
Until such a time
When a light sees through
Its blinding clarity
And it melts.

* winter scene from the Ottawa River

from Ottawa Tourism, landonspics/IG