Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Soldier Song

Years ago, I wrote "Soldier Song" in honor of my loved ones coming home from war. This "war" continues today. Since it is Veterans Day, I wanted to share this song.

In gratitude for your bravery and service...and in love and light for the healing of humanity.

Amber

SOLDIER SONG

Lay your weary head down
Upon my chest
Can you hear my heart beat
I can feel your heart bleed
As I hold all the pieces
Of your war torn Soul
As I sift through the pieces
Of my soldier come home

My soldier come home
My soldier come…

Oh…my love, it’s been a long year
It’s been a long year
Now you are here
You are here
With me…

Lay your guns in the light
It will cleanse them of the fight
As I walk by your side
Through the demons of the night
Your body quaking
Memories awaking
As I hold all the pieces
Of my soldier come home

My soldier come home
My soldier come home
My soldier come home
My soldier come…

Oh…my love, it’s been a long year
It’s been a long year
Now you are here
You are here with me

My soldier come home
My soldier come home
My, my, my, my soldier come home
My soldier come home
My soldier come home

Monday, October 13, 2014

Dust and Water


I watch a little one’s fascination with soft skin. 

“Old and baggy," the jaded call it. 

But to the innocent’s eyes, 
     it's soft and magic. 

I remember staring at my grandmother’s hands, feeling her blue veins and soft skin. 

     I thought she was beautiful.

Now, as I close in on the age that she was then, I find myself staring at my own “softening” skin, loosening around the edges that I use most. 

     My mind momentarily has thoughts of dread and judgment of "better days."

     But to a child, no such thing. 

This dust and water that covers us... 

     To an open mind, it remains as beautiful as a snowflake, 

         holding the entire miracle of life in its mere being. 


Monday, January 13, 2014

Birth of Light


NW Iowa Sunset, December 26, 2013
It's winter in the northern hemisphere. We've passed beyond the "darkest" day of the year.  The sun has begun it's slow ascent, reaching a little higher in the sky every day.  The ground lays idle...preparing, readying for the coming seasons, many of its inhabitants in hibernation. Stars shine brightly at night.  Strings of light outline fences and trees and houses. Candles are aglow in windows. There is an air of mystery, reflection and regathering in the darkness...a sense of birth and possibility in the specks of light glimmering around us.

It is time to ready for the coming of another journey around the sun.

No matter the past, we can make change now.  Welcome, 2014.