Finding inspiration, lying on the floor on a Friday afternoon
Listening to sensitive men with beards and guitars
Pouring their voices into my soul
Feeling it fill up with something like connection
To a common source of dissonance at the way things are
A common need to surrender to it
A common need to love it all anyway
And a common need to feel whatever we feel
Inspired, to keep the words flowing
To keep the love going
And to keep stretching, no matter what
~JCR
Enjoy the beauty the world offers
It is a privilege to be part of this place
An honour to be shown the glory
Of life and love
Hold on tight to that honour
Enjoy your freedom
Don’t let it run out
The world is destined to give in to us
Indulge us with frivolity
Give us time to play
Then it will take itself back
With majesty and grace
Returning to its righteous state
Clean and pristine
And untouchable
We underestimate the power
And control that it has
It will someday laugh at the memory of humankind
~JCR
The sky burst open that day
There was a man on a bicycle waiting out the storm
And then he was gone
Disappeared, into nothing
The sky burst open that day
It was unexpected, the eloquence and timing of it all
The man disappearing, just like that
I was listening to that song, the one that makes my heart cry
The one that used to give me so much hope
The one that changes meaning
Every time I hear it
The sky burst open that day, and everything changed
The hope that lingered from the song, lingered just because
Disappeared, just like the man on the bicycle after the rain let up
The hope that lingered for so long, followed him into nothing
Followed him and the last drops of rain
And the birds came out again
~JCR
Stop
Be Still
Like the forest approaching the dusk
Quiet the chatter with-in
Cease all movement with-out
And Listen
What you hear
Is exactly what needs to be done
~JCR
There used to be more sparkle to the Stardust in your eyes
Twinkles, after return
After every trip, every discovery
Twinkle-fire mixed with a little fear
But something happened, what was it?
Stardust has faded and moved to the back
The sparkle has shifted, there’s something more infinite
A fire that doesn’t burst and fade away
A fire with an ember that just keeps going
Steady
Still
Bright, though less sparkle
You’ve changed…
~JCR
There's a place
Just beyond the next hill
Where the grass is thick and soft
And it welcomes you over
It's a place made just for you
Where you can lie down, curl up, or stretch out,
whatever you need
It's a place where you can rest, and watch the clouds go by
~JCR
I hope to never forget the moon.
When glancing out the window
Unexpectedly seeing her fullness, her brightness
Exactly as I need to, in the exact moment I needed it
Feeling lost and turning towards the sky for help
Hoping the stars could show they way
I saw the moon, offering herself instead
"I see you" she said
And in that moment, which I hope to never forget,
I surrendered, to being loved.
~JCR
Dancing on her father‘s grave, she twirls
Her sundress, billowing out like a halo around her
Barefoot
In the fresh cut grass
She misses him
The memory of his face etched in her mind
But fading
She remembers his heartbeat, with her ear resting upon his chest
Her hero
Her protector
Now he’s gone
So she twirls, hoping to feel that heartbeat through the grass
Through her barefoot connection
When she spins fast enough
She can see his face
Feel his heartbeat, through her toes
She misses him.
~JCR
I know how to come back
From whatever edges I find
Running into darkness
The unknown
The endlessness
I’m tethered to a point
Where return is always known
A point that is home
And will always call me back
I know how to get there
I know how to come home
~JCR
What does the ocean tell you, when you sit with it and listen?
Many find solace in the silence of the noise, but what dos it say, really?
It has a lot to tell.
Sometimes it whispers, and sometimes it yells.
It has seen everything, knows the secrets, and knows the ways of life and love.
It knows what is in the soul of the world, it is part of that soul, it is that soul.
It is within us, so it knows what is in our hearts too.
So what does it say when you sit there in that presence?
If you sit and truly listen?
~JCR
I remember the colour
of night as it’s approaching,
the deep, misty blue
on a rainy evening in the city.
It washes away the day,
cleans it and tucks it in to sleep.
We are welcome to dream of other things,
or sort through what has burdened us.
That blue, the dark night,
offers itself up as a guide,
easing us
towards starting fresh in the morning.
~JCR
Fire.
Building my own fire, keeping it burning.
What fuels it?
What do I need to breathe into it?
To keep glowing,
To keep dancing,
To keep from burning out?
~JCR
It feels like fall but smells like spring, fall, dressed in spring's clothing...
The light angled softly, horizontal and lounging, there's balance in the upness of the trees, stretching to grasp at the light, tasting it, nourished by it...
The perfect hour, caught between rest and play, caught between rest and work...
The fall-like spring, so fresh, not too sleepy, not too busy, yet alive at just the right pace...
The joy it brings my heart, this is the space that feels right for me, not too sleepy, not too busy, yet alive at just the right pace...
And You beside me, gentle spirit, telling me stories, saying nothing, always there.....
~JCR
Waving, hello, waving goodbye.
Waves everywhere, always waving.
Waves of sunlight.
Waving branches.
Waving thoughts.
Waves of emotion.
Always moving, waves,
Even when still, always movement.
~JCR
It’s crushingly* lonely sometimes
Here in my head, in my own heart
The intensity of my world
Is often not understood
The intensity of this life
Of feeling held down
Of being held back
From all that I know is there
From the space to breathe so deeply
To run so far
To run so fast
Faster than the wind
And faster than the earth is turning
To know that the depth of love I desire
Is only accessible through the souls of trees and stars
It’s so lonely, sometimes, and so painful,
Yet incredibly beautiful
To know all of that intensity is mine
And even alone, in my own heart
I have the strength to chase the sun, if I want to
~JCR
*originally written with another choice of word for more accurate emphasis and release of emtion, removed only because the vulgarity isn't ncessary, really, in the bigger picture of it all.
~If you can't meet me in the field
Meet me beyond, instead
~Here in my liminal space, I'm alone
Meet me beyond, instead
~And the chaos of the past is no place for love
Meet me beyond, instead
~The future, is not what I'm talking about
Meet me beyond, instead
~And I will leave the doors open, in forgiveness
Meet me beyond, instead
Time is always irrelevant, eternal
Meet me beyond, instead
Where the heart has no boundaries, is the place
That’s where I’ll be, instead
~JCR
In just the right place
I see the gently angled light
And the fuzzy edges of life
I hear the wind
And the creaking of the old bones in the sky
I've come back here again
I return over and over
The same place
The same thoughts
The same heart
I can grow old here myself
My own bones creaking
My face to the sky
And my heart deep underground
It is held there, in the roots
It is the force
That keeps me standing
---JCR
I have so much to say, all. the. time.
I need more of an outlet.
I need to talk like someone is listening.
I need my heart to be heard.
I need to express, to vent, to speak.
Sometimes, I need to say nothing,
and I need that to be heard too.
---JCR
The heart, it knows
It knows what it wants
But wants, desires, are not to be indulged
Time for that is passed
Small treats, on occasion
But not yearnings of the ego
Nothing more to soothe past injuries
Will ever be enough
Are no longer needed
Will no longer work
To satisfy the heart that lives here now
The heart, it knows
The raw simplicity of truth
Is the only thing it really wants, or really needs
No love or chocolate cake
That only satisfies the surface
Will ever be enough
To reach the deep corners of the heart
That desires only the Truth
---JCR
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