Karen Spirit
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Meanderings

I live in Lafayette, Colorado, with my husband, sons, and step-son; my almost grown daughter lives elsewhere, but always resides in my heart.


I am entering the second half of my life with hopes and frustrations, tasks completed and others just started. I want always to seek and create; to walk gently, laugh loudly; be still and listen for the spirits. Join me in this meandering through life.
Birthing of Self
Conception not so difficult
Pull from the universe whose goal is ongoing
Growth in the womb, warm salty waters
First and last complete peace given
Labor begins
As does panic and thoughts of safer times
But the cosmos does not easily accept stagnation
So contractions continue
Through pain and screams, pushing and
Desparate pleas to go back in time
Even with the instinct of life as richer and deeper
Safety being no issue
But the hunt for beauty and something real
Tumbling out
Blinking, knowing more and more lies ahead
 The Gift of the Day
Tender shoots of grass
Ancient tree on water's edge
Peace in the shadows

Core Being
Spirit made with outstretched arms
Ready for touch and entwinement
Does skin ever mix with skin?
Goal of not needing
Yet ever needing
Some in between movement of choice
Beauty and strength
Loss and tears
all part of the mire
Life never as dreamed
but dreamed nonetheless

Power in silence
Ember gives rise to heat and will
Truth can not be stated, but watched
Wandering through life
Observer of days
Peering through dawns
Squinting at sunsets
Bathed in chosen joys
Can watcher keep eyes open and tears at bay
Keeping walls secure
Entails sedulity and hope
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Question
How do you best live life?

Be
Claw at life, draw blood
Scream, howl, let it know you're here
Take naught for granted
karen5757@earthlink.net


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