secure this beckoning sunshine

The way of the wind
is to blow where it will,
though changed in its course
by sunlight and night
and by walls and by trees,
butterflies, seas.

( The way of the wind / is to blow where it may )



The Way of the Wind by Alex Conall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.



crossposted to sunbowpublications.com

home is a sacred space
set-apart space
sanctuary

safety from the chaos and rush of the world

a retreat, a resting place

hearth and holy place and home

I light my little candle and watch the flicker flame
this is the only hearth I have

I long for home



Sanctuary by Alex Conall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.



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just take the leap without a look
it matters not if there's a net
they call it Faith, they call it Hope
Beginner's Luck, they say
and paint the landscape, write the book
no worried thoughts of work or debt
at journey's start! who needs a rope?
it's good that no one's on belay



The Fool by Alex Conall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.



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if you're damned if you do
if you're damned if you don't
then just do
or just don't
as you will
or you won't
for you're damned either way
and it's not fair to say
that
you should or you shouldn't
you could or you couldn't
it's only for you
if you would or you wouldn't
and blame goes astray
if it's anywhere but
ignominious They.


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anapestic by Alex Conall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

A legend grew around the house
walled in by vine and thorn.
A beauty slept there endlessly;
she would wake on the morn
of true love's kiss.
The one who woke her, story went,
would break the faerie curse
placed on her at her christening—
how could that be worse,
how not be bliss?
In truth, Anara spun the spell
herself, till fingers bled,
to keep her sleeping till no man
would say she must be wed.
What would she miss?



sleeping beauty by Alex Conall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

I can be anything I want to be.
You taught me that.
Education is important.
You taught me that.

( Perhaps I learned too well )



Aikido by Alex Conall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Ella chose
to lose one shoe
knowing that
your eye she drew.
( Away she flew )


Ella Chose by Alex Conall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.