Gravitational Falls

We all fall. Sometimes.
It’s inevitable. Natural.
Stumbles and knockouts
along the way.
Bumps and potholes,
from obstacles and pitfalls, 
All paved roads, manmade. 

No wonder we get lost. 
We make through-streets
when we are meant to meander
on foot, following brooks
and the day-star beacon
through the trees. 

I believe it lights
a different direction
for each. 

Newton’s laws are really
a Universe thing, 
term ego-coined by humanity,
but even that which 
has no momentum to soar,
has never been granted
the boost or breeze,
seems to fall
with a harder thud
from crawling.

Perhaps the greatest
and most needed fall
is the one to our knees,
when we give it all 
up and let Him 
take the lead. 

Perhaps in that moment
we are granted our wings. 

But in that excitement,
will we remember
to fall silent and still 
enough to feel our soul’s 
gravitational pull?

We can now go anywhere
the heart leads.
This time I will stay away
from the paved
and listen to the whispers
of the wildflowers
and leaves. 

I feel your heart
out there
gravitating toward
me. 

Always Surmountable

©LauraDenise

We are never trapped,
just fated to faulty perspective,
succumb to specious perception;
it’s all relevant, related –

one more rock-move away
from the light 
on the other side
of the avalanche,

one more “wrong” turn
lost in the forest
before hearing
the anabranch…

much is necessarily experienced:

near suffocation sometimes the only way
to motivate a life-saving change,

the legs of the journey
in the humanless woods
lead to the reflection
and feeling of wounds,

and all paths probably have purpose
among the universe’s higher powers.

Without the lonely, looping trails,
we could not emerge anew
with our truest selves

and others we met along the way
not-so-coincidentally placed.

We are never trapped. 
We are never lost. 
At least not for very long. 

No change was ever ignited 
without the spark.
So many opportunities
missed, passed up, though
after being gifted matchsticks
but still refusing to start
the fire. 

Everything Passes

everything passes
the good and the bad
time keeps nudging
us forward
with or without
what we once had

we can only carry
so much
in a heart, in a mind
some things we cling to
time tries to help us
leave behind

sometimes what we
strive for
simply cannot be
reached
glass divides
sound and touch
mirrors reflect
incongruities

for reasons we may
not be privy to
for certain people
may only be
meant to be
crosspathing through

to serve
but one purpose
which is not to stay
but to nudge us again
in internal direction
pitfalls propelling us
alternate ways

everything passes
including the pain waves
time keeps nudging
us forward
with or without
permission
every moment
of every day

Poem and image ©LauraDenise

The Journey

The journey, they say, 
is in itself the key;
I’ve been down
every wrong road
multiple times
it seemed,

but to surface, 
I wish I could say unscathed, 
with the treasure of me
in this mirror 
now held
sacred, 

I’m hesitant 
to lay blame
on my past,
for who I am
was definitely shaped
by every shadowed,
obstacle-strewn
path, 

and the key
that ended up being me
fits perfectly
into the lock
around your heart; 

I look forward
to every step
we now get to take
together,
journeying to meet our Matchmaker,
hand in hand,
to that eternal
start. 

Poem and image ©LauraDenise

Unstoppable

I am unstoppable.

Though I have fallen,
though I have felt
sealed in a tombed fate,

I have risen,

I have relentlessly followed
that one ray of light.
I have never
lost faith.

I have found my way,

and the light of day
blinds my eyes
and its warmth soaks into
my soul;

I have found my glow.

Which way to go?

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upon my knees
to once again pray;
in complete humbleness,
I express to Him
my thanks.

I feel His hand

finally
upon my shoulder
as He lifts the clouds
and clears my path
with the other.

I hear the Spirit

in the wind whisper,
“You may go whichever way you choose.”
Every single one of the paths
to me seems
so equally beautiful…

What will I do
with this new power?
Go back
and help the others.

 

Wandering

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Lost and wandering

upon endless winding paths,

not fretful,

yet homeless,

a nomad

among camps,

 

with True North

obscure

in a fading compass,

 

pole star

finally

comes

into focus.

 

With God always

beside me,

never do I

walk alone,

but now

I sense clearly

the direction

to go.

 

My balance

centers,

my axis

stills

with the gravity

of you,

this sweet, gentle

pull.

 

I may never

reach

you,

but with each step

closer to your glow,

I am no longer lost,

simply enjoying

this road

 

home.

 

Poem and image ©LauraDenise

Floral SeaStar

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The white turns sheer,
seems to dissolve,
revealing the seastar within;
it glows in my palm,

recognizing the lifelines
as the one for the message,
spirit to spirit,

a mutual connection,

a wish upon a star
long ago returned
with the reassurance
that those whispers
were clearly heard,

another sign
that I am on the right path
and getting closer
to where you are.

In the center of the star
appears the glowing
ember of my heart.

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Poem and images ©LauraDenise

The Wind

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A colorful kite dream

flying

among the cumulous clouds

above the sea

in the endless turquoise

 

lifted her heart

from a buried

chest

and set it free

upon wings of hope and

joy,

 

but the wind died,

and no matter how she tried,

she could not

find favor with the weather.

 

The rains came;

the clouds turned gray.

She put her heart

back away

 

into the chest

with the kite,

recognizing that dream

without his wind

would never take to flight.

 

After she cried,

after much time,

she returned to the sea

and launched yet another new dream,

one in which the wind

came naturally from within,

independent of any

he.

 

Sometimes a destiny

can only come

from letting go

of what was

never meant to be,

however impossible at the time it was

to see.

 

She still dreams.

And believes.

With or without the wind.

For in every season,

despite the unknown reasons,

she held on

to faith

in Him

 

and realized

she could let go of the kite

for she had wings

and the Spirit

to lift her

anytime she liked.

 

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Destination

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What is it you have in store for me, Lord?

What is it you should have me do next?

So strongly, I feel your presence;

I want to be an active participant.

 

I lay it all down, offer all that I am,

but I sense you telling me to pick it up again,

 

that you’ve given me these gifts,

created me exactly as intended,

every invisible part of this heart,

every tool to continually mend it,

 

so its beat can keep this body

moving in the direction

my soul needs me to go

until it gets to its desired

 

destination.

 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6