Cheshire Smile

Debated on posting this on Saturday. It is now Monday. Well, here you go. It is meant for one of my readers, but not sure who. Let me know via e-mail if it is you.

Creeping slowly like a monstrous sloth uncertainty’s cheshire smile widens. His shadow seeps within the crevices filled with secrets you thought well-hidden

The light from the smile sheds bright enough to make your secrets tremble. Uncertainty begins to feed on the fear giving it life akin a dormant fountain now spurting. Demonical laughter echoes in your being. Is it uncertainty or is it really you? Were you successful in inviting it in beating it as its own hunt for new game?

Embrace uncertainty, you embrace fear to help you shed them and let them flow. The true secret is once the shedding is done uncertainty no longer has a life of its own. In a turn of table, you are now the hunter where it is the one running, cowering. Smile a victorious smile, my sweet, feel it expanding fast to shed light on it all.

Cheshire Smile

SILK OF MIDNIGHT

THE DARK SILK OF MIDNIGHT CARESSES
LEAGUES DEEP WITHIN OUR HALO DREAMS.
SLOWLY AND SMOOTHLY SLIDES AGAINST
THE SKIN OF REASON GIVING DOUBT TO TRUTH.

WE AWAIT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST MOON CRESCENT
TO BRAND A WHITE HOT PATH OF UNDERSTANDING
WHY GOD MAKES US MERE MORTALS HUNGER
AND REACH FOR COMFORT IN THE DARK UNKNOWN.

MIDNIGHT IS NUDGED OVER BY THE SUN'S FINGERS,
THE TRUE AND SURE LIGHT OF TRUTH.
NO DREAMS, NO WISHES, NO HOPE CAN HIDE
FROM A BRIGHT STAR UPON THEY ARE ECSTATICALLY MADE.

SILK OF MIDNIGHT

Stoplight Vignettes

These are the kinds of things that enter my head at stoplights. It's a little fun. This was on the way to pick up some Chinese take-away this evening:

Jake wished the damned beeping would stop or it would give him away when they got closer. One of his battery packs ran out when he rerouted it to juice his CA (communications apparatus) that had mysteriously shorted out. He needed to run to the caves where he might find crystals protruding from the walls he could fashion it crudely and put inside the battery packs. Breathing at the moment felt like breathing fire after hours of running in the dense tropical forest. The constant cool rain wasn't helping matters either. The chill was seeping in him and the slippery forest floor was making his ascent up this hill treacherous.

God what he would give for some of his wife's cooking. He laughed at the irony. Grace had told him to eat something before he flew out this morning, but didn't want to hurt her feelings. She had made one of the many things he disliked. As lovely as she was, she was a bad cook. Right now with adrenaline pumping through his tired, chilled and hungry body, all he could think about how delicious her bad cooking would taste right now. Jake promised himself he would ask for second and third helpings the next time he saw her.

Hoisting his long trunk-like legs over a thick tree branch was his last obstacle that he could see before making it to the mouth of the cave. He recognized the faint pink glow inside. For once, the gods were really smiling on him. Black steel boots stomped through the rain puddles. Jake felt the faint warmth emanating from the entrance. The crystals were strong and hadn't been harvested yet from this side of the mountain! Glancing at his watch, it read 16:21. He could stay here for a bit but no more than 22:00, his rendezvous time on the other side of the mountain was set at 23:30.

Jake entered the cave and had to walk about six yards in to get to the crystals. Pushing his dark blond hair that was plastered to his face, he focused on the task at hand. His shiny black uniform was reflecting the pink glow. Working quickly and wheezing in warmer air, he took out the TinyFuel from one of his weapons and set it aside on the cave floor so he could use the disarmed weapon to pry a couple of pink crystals from the walls. Damn, these buggers were not coming out easily. His hands were too wet and his uniform completely soaked inside and out to dry them. Honed instincts made him turn his face towards the belly of the cave where a bright pink light was coming fast. His bright jade eyes didn't have time to register what it could be before it engulfed him...

Stoplight Vignettes

Autumn Thought

LIKE THE WIND IN AUTUMN'S DUSK
I CHASE THE COLORS
OFF THE TREES
MAKING THEM DANCE
IN THE AIR
IN DIVINE CHOREOGRAPHY.

AMBER, WINE, OCHRE, AND SAGE
FOLLOW ME
UNTIL WINTER GIVES ME KISSES
I CAN HANG BACK
ON THE BRANCHES
LIKE BLUE DIAMOND ORNAMENTS
TWINKLING IN THE FULL MOON.

Autumn Thought

Training Day

Speeding colors. That's what my day was like. I wasn't dizzy per se, but it sped by very quickly. I was training my boss and making sure he had access to applications in between facilitating the installation of new equipment throughout the building.

The vendor rep who made me livid on Friday afternoon came by in the morning and in the afternoon. Talk about kissing ass and walking on eggshells around me. It wouldn't have been so bad if ALL the equipment had arrived. Promising the world to his clients and short-changing at the end seems to be his M.O.

With all this commotion, I didn't get my regular work done so guess who is going to be a busy bee tomorrow? Your AGOL. Aargh!!! Let's pile more busy on top of busy. Did I mention I was training my new boss? He seems like a good guy so far and has a sense of humor.

During lunch, I called and sang Happy Birthday to my stepmother. She had received her parcel from me yesterday and enjoyed everything. She loved the outer box with a balloon print and the pretty packages inside. She thought the shirts were cute and the musical card fun. She left the card in the mail stack so my dad would be sure to enjoy it, too, when he got home.

I know it made my dad happy and proud of my efforts. See, my stepmother and I don't always see eye to eye and she has wished for my approval and almost demanded my love. As we know, love has to be given freely. Not sure what my sisters did for her birthday, but I know I brought a measure of joy to her.

Gosh, it's getting late. I can't remember much else today. My brain is too fatigued. I'm actually admitting to needing some rest. Ha! I'll leave you with a sweet thought wish tonight:

Outside darkness has fallen. I stand next to a street post with a bright lamp at the top lighting the street. My breath stretches out in wispy whorls in front of me as its warmth meets the chilly air. I close my coat, adjust my woolen scarf around my neck and rub my kid glove encased hands. What's that? I see little flecks of white dust in the air, but it is not dust. Snow is falling like twinkling stars...

Training Day

Beauty in Your Soul

The sun rises high on the horizon. It's golden rays mirrored on the ocean waves. You can feel the warmth to come and permeate your human veil.

With your eyes closed, you inhale life to strengthen your life force. Your heart has no choice but to keep universal time. Can you feel the hum of your blood winding through capillaries and veins around your body? Each path warmed by the pressure of its journey.

Errant child thoughts pass through your consciousness. You honor all, pleasant and unpleasant, so they can fly away from your mind to make room for the real thoughts that need your attention. Breathe deeply. Exhale slowly and breathe in again.

As the junk mail in your mind is emptied, all that is left is your Essence which you claimed from your Source before your earthly time. The treasure you have been given is the Beauty in Your Soul. It is meant to be shared in big and small deeds...thoughts...wishes...hopes...and dreams. That beauty has a name. It is simply called Love.

The sea is lifted by the wind to make the waves roll and splash noisily on the shore. You open your eyes. The sun's bright light makes the sea foam sparkle like diamonds spilling into the sand. You begin to remember, you remember the warmth of Love.

Beauty in Your Soul