Broad green sails
Skipping harbour
Glass half-full
Slick raw winds
Rain sweeping decks
Circling due north
Sun-jewelled waves
Taking life beyond
Starry-eyed seas
Sails stretched wide
Tracking long miles
Ships coming in
No point waiting
©2013 S. Michaels
Green Light Diary
No tie, an everyday guy
Sidesteps restless crowds
Avoids limbo zones and bus stops
Places where lost dreamers wait
Bent, tattered, as used umbrellas
Crumbled pavement underfoot
He passes by…
And walks in sun, scattering clouds
Savoring frappucino skies
Taking careful stock. Buying daisies.
Live-streaming, holding days close
As if holding her and happiness
He holds on…
Drenched by rain long overdue
Breathing beyond dusty bowls of streets
Tasting laughter like chocolate, sweet
Taking life as he should, real and strong
And in slow degrees, like summer
© 2013 S. Michaels
Green Light Diary
I am in a constant pursuit of God, and with knowing that God is love, I pursue love constantly. I am not satisfied with having less when I know by reading scripture that there is more. The pursuit itself makes life worth living because it’s not just a pursuit… it involves a lot of finding as well.
As I discover new facets of His love I am overwhelmed and amazed by His glory—which is His goodness.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Sae braw, sae fair n’flower’in
Entwine’d as sea wi’ land
Ae climb’d Glenfinnan’s t’oors
Tae stare wide an miles a’roond
An saw a’stride upon blue hills
All his’try silent n’ watchin’ still
Linger’in ’en sunlight ow a’lown
Wi’ sea birds swoop’n ow a’rownd
Ae sound reach’d me, swee’ n’clear
An made me stop an list’n near
Wair it a cowl’in in me heart?
A cowl’in uv thae clans?
Ae drift’d on sech saint’ly heights
As tho’ reborn an’ sprout’in wings
Ae laugh’d a’lowd tae me own wee sowlf
And wonder’d where on earth I’d g’own
Way doon upon thae quiet shores
Ae haird once agin ae rushin’ roar
P’rhaps et wair ae fleet’in fancy
Methinks I’ll niver tru’ly ken
Sound’d mair ’lik a ’gather’in’ song
An ancient gather’in in thae glens
Ae cowl’in, cowl’in uv thae clans
Tae ‘mak thair wa’ ‘bak hame
© 2013 S. Michaels
Siren Songs – Poetic Imprints of Scotland
for Rod & Rob, the Garson twins – Happy ’50′
Twa Scotties a’ Glenfinnan, 2008 S. Michaels
Silence stretches miles
Footsteps erase in sands
Tidal shores draw in and out
Circled coves and bays
Tugging heaven down
Blades of grass brushed
Flattening headland gusts
Rushing, rumbling seas
Wind and sky motions
Speaking on scribbled paths
Hugging rough coastlines
Drawing in wanderers
Just me and the dog
Running ahead of storms
Hoping for peace in our time
© 2013 S. Michaels
Green Light Diary
Diverting dusty trails
Changing, drawing lines
In sand, against stone
Places rugged, where water
Tumbles, stands, trickles
Drawn out of ancient wells
Walking, climbing higher
Places speaking volumes
Getaways forging light
Breaking apart nights
Changing patterns of time
Traveling as a sage, a page
Taking on 20/20 vision
Scoring paths in woods
On edges of days and hills
Taking life for a run again
Watching rainbows, stars
Life unscripted.
Rippling thoughts widening
Beyond, falling wherever, when
Letting you off now, again
Where you belong, right here
Living larger, wide open
As you should, waiting
Learning silence, empowered
By more than wants, even dreams
Moving in, loving the moment
© 2013 S. Michaels
Green Light Diary
