Peaceful Sorrow

And so
we survived..

as we walked 
through
the fire of it all;
the charade of it all;

through 
the masquerade ball
to the curtain call..

Oh.. such peaceful
sorrow now;

in the letting go
of it all.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Awaken

Let's change
and rearrange
the view..

raise
the veil;
escape
this prison;
let flow
authentic tears..

erase;
let go

the prism
of fear.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Flowing

In resisting
nothing;
forcing
nothing

I let things come;
I let things go..

flowing
at last..

the past
behind
me.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Expanding

Everyday
I unlearn
I heal
I let go
of more...

the less
I think I know
and
understand

the more
I expand.

Poem and Image by Mairi

Somehow

I move
in the direction
of peace..

my humbled grief
played out
on the alter
of unfaltering
belief..

the broken pieces
laid out now;
revealed
and healed

somehow.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Messages

Restless clouds
with destinations..

thunderous
in movement
and transformation..

messengers
with a message..

strangers
yet friends..

light returns
darkness ends.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: Poems from the Universe

Deeper

Deep
within
my being..

deeper
than any sorrow
or blind
non-seeing..

I find..

the resilience
of love..

the innocence
of love.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Affinity

Like 
breaking waves..

aching
for time's
release..

we reach for
affinity's
shore

restored 

by
peace.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Strength

We have the strength
to hold
our own

within the known
through
the unknown..

as we endure 
and grow
together;
alone..

we have the strength..

divine mystery
our soul's
defence.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Bird in Flight

Circling
around..

all the beginnings
and endings 
with tattered wings;
feeling lost
yet found..

surviving
and arriving

here
alone..

now a bird 
in flight
again..

going home.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Moving On

Places
and faces
have gone..

tears shed
have left no trace;

no sign..

time
bled
away..

it led us
onwards

moving on

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Life’s Call

I'm done
fighting life

with double-edged
swords
and angry 
words..

resisting;
and persisting
in loops
and circles..

I let go of it all..

I surrender
until

I hear
life's call.

Poem & Painting by Mairi