Nothing ventured, nothing gained

[RedEmbers]

Ay, yes. That would be the volcano culprit.

We had a bit of rough surf. A few weeks ago the surge hit the carpark and some shipping containers floated down the road.

Who knows what we'll do... national election coming up here soon... some food for thought.

[RedEmbers]

You reach out to me and
Me, scared, vulnerable and true - reach back out to you.

I am never really sure what is right..
Mixing the darkened blue with
The eternal light.

I am blind and yet somehow I see...
Innocent yet unassuming -

Some say that I am trying to play a trick
To lie, belittle and deceive...
Even when I live in my truth and with honesty...

Somehow
I am blind and yet I see.

Innocent and unassuming...
We are all innocent, in my eyes, see...


Somehow, all victims..
Being the best that we can be...

Somehow all wise and empowered beings...
We all know... we all see...


Blind as blind, we can be.

[RedEmbers]

Feeling strong

As you pass over and on...

As bold as you can be...

Your faith in life and death

Has set me free...

You pass the baton on...

And I stand here...

Feeling brave and strong...

I will carry your message on.

[RedEmbers]

The slow coast
Is just the beginning,
Slow waves roll off
Shore.

Sepia tones creep in
From a black and white dawn,
Dust covered windscreens,
Frizzy hair,

You sparked to life
In birth, before you were born.

[RedEmbers]

There is power in truth,
It sets me free.

It pains me and it releases me
Into reality.

There is truth in the power of
Authenticity.

When I have the courage to be felt
To be seen...

It sets the entire universe

Free.

[RedEmbers]

Pain and suffering

Create great gains...

Along with optimism, hope and action.

One without the other is nothing.


It drives a woman insane to

Only meditate, contemplate and take no action...


From no action leaves no response...


Too much action creates a vacuum in space

For chaos to take reign and overthrow wisdom.

[RedEmbers]

It matters not,

Your logic or reasoning

If your heart cannot be heard.

Your mind clutters and deters your heart.


I trust it all,

I trust you.

The heart in your mind and it's endless

Search for "truth".


My hearth follows no reasoning,

Yet in time, it listens to the ponderings of the mind.


My heart calls me into action

And my mind, it calls me to be patient.

Discernment speaks from both

The heart and the mind.


My heart follows a reasoning,

That my mind cannot understand,

My mind is wise to humble itself to my heart


My mind surrenders its

Drive to comprehend...
As it bends itself towards the heart
unified and alive within the mind.

[RedEmbers]

Forever young,

You deceive me,

Forever innocent,

You inspire me.


Here in my shadows,

You stand,

Basking in my light,


Here in my light,

You shrink away

From me...


Forever out of sight.


I chase an illusion.

When I know that it is truth...

When I know that it will cause

A fusion between myself and fragmented reality.


You are my forever light,

An illusion throughout my space,

With me through all of time.


An illusion which never betrays my fate,

As I face up to you and through you,

I peer into the centre of

My self in all its truth and illusion.

[RedEmbers]

Ownership is

Knowing and committing to

The heart as I know it,

Regardless of outside

Expectations and judgments.


Ownership is seeing the path as it is,

Walking the path with awareness

Even when I can see how it all ends...


Choosing it as confidently as I choose

To accept all of reality...


with a sober heart and mind.

[RedEmbers]

Commitment is

Loss... of expectations and

A wake up call to what is...



Deciding to loose,

Getting back up and playing

The song which continues to stir and call

To the heart.



Commitment is...

Deciding that all of the loss and hope

Is worth it...

For the moments of purity...


Commitment is an

Acceptance of pain and suffering for

All that is wanted.

A stark look into the eyes of reality.


A reality check of total acceptance,

A surrender to what is,

A vow, a choice to rebuild each time that hope is lost.

Commitment is freedom...

When decided from the truth of what is destined.



True choice, True Desire is the ticket
Which leads straight to destiny....


The truth in the heart of "I", desire leads the path
Towards destiny...

The "I" in destiny,

The "I" in desire leads towards diversity within

Divinity.