Inside Crystalline Walls

Encased within a crystalline  structure

Translucent 

Worlds untouched – unknown

The Last of the Winter’s Snow

It began as dusk descended, as fine as the sand on a crescent beach

The light from passing cars reflected their crystalline structure

These wind-blown diamonds struck my cheeks It felt as though a thousand pins had assaulted me

Soon the wind died and the snow crystals  were attracted to one another as the north and south poles of a magnet

They cascaded  bumping into one another combining to create snowflakes 

The night was no longer dark – White enveloped the landscape

I awoke to a quiet stillness

 

Resolution

RESOLution – resolve “firm determination to do something”

reSOLUTION – solution “the act of solving or explaining a problem”

I’ve never been one to make a resolution. I’ve always believed if one wants to change an aspect of their life you do it whatever day or time it is. Something I resolved to do on a long past day and time was to appreciate the world around me.

Those I love

Our oldest daughter’s wedding officiated by her father. Our younger daughter was matron of honor.

And the those I fear

Common Garter Snake

The smallest of creatures

Pennsylvania native bee

Pennsylvania native bee on Echinacea flower

The tallest of buildings

Austin Texas

Each day presents me with a gift

I only need a moment of time to find it

a series of photographs of ice crystals on the stream behind our home

                        A magical find

January 1st, 2018

 

 

Emergence

the process of coming into being

of becoming important

prominent

Each spring layers disappear and what lies beneath waiting

Emerges into the light of a new season

 

Transformative Qualities

And so it begins

A miniscule sphere harboring new life

Emerging as  a creature from a nightmare

 

Growing into a character in a children’s dream

Ever so slowly shedding greens and yellows encasing its soft body in an armor of crusty brown

To one day emerge into a creature which we embrace as a symbol of what we can attain

It does not happen in a blink of an eye, it does not happen over night

Days, weeks months in a life that exists for but a short period of time

Once its insatiable appetite for parsley, dill or carrot greens  has been quelled it will travel  long distances to find a place to rest as it transforms into a creature no longer shackled to the earth

We too have the capacity to transform but only after many years of feeding our own voracious appetite for that which we are drawn to

Look to the sky to see them glide on an invisible current and know we too can unshackle ourselves from that which keeps us from soaring ever higher