Tag: Freedom
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Out and about…
Walking around the lake the other day, I stopped off to have a quick lean against one of the rocks and to watch the fish and the ducks swimming. I’d been leaning for a few minutes when I spotted this chap or chappess basking in the bright sunshine. He (or she!) was not in the…
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Forever lost beneath reality…
Come with me to my land down under. No, not that one, a different one… a land where rocks and roots replace the sky. A place where rivers flow both beneath and above… where sunlight doesn’t shine and shade is everywhere… where strange creatures glow in the dark as they hop or fly or swim,…
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Life’s Dream
The Persian purred loudly as she was being gently massaged by her owner. “This is the life” she thought to herself “all I need to do is sit here and purr, and do nothing else. I get fed and watered, looked after, kept warm, and have the run of the house.” She settled herself down.…
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Storm Front
Between the rain and through the wind, the lightning illuminates the horizon. Low cloud is coming inland, the sandy beach completely covered by a swarming mass of murky and cold-yet-clear seawater. The jagged rocks, slowly starting to fade to invisibility, with reflections more clear than the real thing, are once again braced for the oncoming…
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Lakeside
Into the depths of the lake I looked and saw the fishes swimmingThe ducks were paddling gently by with faces that were grinningThe heron stood looking out with one eye on something distantA terrapin basked on a rock, not moving for an instantA blue dragonfly hovered and looked me roundly in the eyeMy attention, though,…