rainbow colors are
mixed differently
half drawn
into a sketch
stretched onto a surface of
fitting in, trying, that is
room for everything
tangled by
the light in the center
with strings
horizons multiply
and the thick scent of vapor
freshens the tablet
we all have eyes
seeing out, seeing in
everywhere is news ,
events
then there is just sitting
and smiling
sitting in the center of a mess
satisfied by
by the sketch in progress
never done
not worrying about how to
tie it in a bow,
story-coat it.
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the sound is crashing
flowing and fresh
pounding energy
generating flesh
rejuvenating rainbow
chakras aligned, aglow
we will live the way we
are designed, aligned
we can transcend the mountain
by flowing down
its terrain
misting up and fueling
the heart with great stretches
bringing down rain
rest a while here, and
generate energy.
Ka Malana ©2023
my heart is full of sunsets
the ocean,
and the sound of your name.
it beats like a drum pulsing steadily
upon our bone throne.
my bones amplify the frequency
and house our spirits’ timbre
which transduces across my abdomen
as my lungs rise.
with each breath,
a vacuum is reclaimed.
your mind is full of ponderous wonder
like the craters on the moon, you sink
deep into thought shadows,
your feet and shoes disappearing
altogether
as you try to weight yourself down to
“sink in.”
my eyes are confidants;
as I listen to the stories of lonely
ghosts, I watch their energy quiver.
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/listening-heartbeat-ocean
in the beginning
i’m rising like a landmass
uncarved like Pangea
unbridled like a dragon 🐉
whose fire finds the hero by
skimming along the craggy coastal line
overlooking colors, scanning its domain
yellow warm lay the grasses
pleasant in the sun, combed by the wind
deep green rise the forests
protected humus layered depths
tangling tree fingers spread with skies
fractals finding spaces to replicate
nature’s expanse
this Earth’s anchor is a morphic reminder
that nothing is solid
we are in the center as awareness, golden
flowing molten iron swirling,
balancing aurora flashing green tones
while the amethyst crystal horizon line
guides us into the dusk of
our true and formal beginning: the end.
All that comes with the setting Sun.
There’s a place we can go where we can reach
anything in our heart’s desire.
I can light a match and open a door.
The magic is thick with the spark.
My animal guide walks in and we are transported
through the keyhole into
the Garden.
I am here with you now, tending to your roses that are
growing in the snow.
We hear the drip drip from the ice thawing
and I open my cloak and reach out for your hand.
You are silent and I touch your heart with my hand.
Inside it I can feel your hurting beat, I surround the area
and clear out the dry rot.
I pull away the termites and open up your light. Your lantern pulses.
A star above your head opens, and it spills its light
into your heart.
We close your blue cloak and sit in the dark atop the
patches of iced moss.
We surrender to the shape of our breaths flowing from our mouths.
After a moment’s pause, I say,
“Let’s go home and make some soup.”
You agree and we light another match.
We are transported into our kitchen away from the garden
Garlic, tomato, basil and oregano are all prepared for us
near the stove.
You sit down at the table,
and I begin to cook for you,
with the biggest smile on my face.
This is a post about how dogs help us through hard times. It is about understanding that true love comes from a place of freedom, not attachment. And that life remains, simple easy and good, especially when you let go.
Pirate in the Ether — VSVEVG (very simple very easy very good)
I am reposting a blog post from a long time friend on WordPress. Abby is a wonderful writer, and she shares this really poignant piece about her connection with a special dog, named Pirate, who passes away. It includes live footage from when he was alive. There’s so much more in the post, which she weaves together beautifully, sharing about her collection of recent years; and her courage in getting through it is evident. In her own words, “true love comes from a place of freedom, not attachment.”
One of the musical pieces Abby includes in her article is music from Aurora. I’ve been a long time fan of Aurora, but I had not heard this song or the version of it before, that she included. Read the article because its good, and also to find the beautiful song that Aurora sings feat Pomme, that I am writing about. Aurora is a true artist. You can feel it from her singing, her movements, and the way she carries herself. I’ve attached an interview with her below, where she talks about the true meaning of success. She’s sweet and I think a lot of us can relate to her; when asked if she listens to her own music, she says “No, I don’t like to hear my own voice.” She also says that music is her best friend. When asked what she would say to her 12 year old self that wrote the song, “Runaway,” she said “[I]f you share your music with other people, one day that music might even become other peoples’ best friends, too.” Lately I’ve been sharing my favorite music with my best friends offline; so I included this part in this post today to share with you. Aurora is sweet, and I hope you can appreciate her music. The interviewer came to the conclusion about Aurora: “I think you are one of those people who can appreciate the small stuff.”
Aurora says that she feels the most successful when she’s spent her time right. Listen for the rest, to feel her energy.
Remember to click on the link above, or here, to read Abby’s post at “Very Simple Very Easy Very Good.”
In this life, we might be terrified. we might feel alone, though we are not. we must work every day to give ourselves enough space, to be who we are. however we are, “dark” or “light” or the huge gamut spanning between even if not one single person feels that what we offer is valuable, […]
unafraid to stand alone — Fiesta Estrellas
Today’s reblog links back to a poem I wrote, about not being afraid to stand alone. I think this is a good reminder for all of us while the season is all about “coming together.” For so many this season bring a lot of pressure, loneliness, and oftentimes tremendous grief. However for others it’s a time to really express our happiness and our love with our friends, families and everyone in our lives. Truly the holidays are days when most people have off work–even though not all do.
Yesterday I took time for myself to really appreciate the moments in my life. There’s this beautiful quiet descending upon me. It’s far from depression and it feels like inner peace. I’m not even chasing after it either. It’s there when all the chasing runs its course. 🙂
Happy Peppering!
What size am I?
How big is my heart?
What’s the right fit for me, where should
I put my attention?
When you have a lot to give,
isn’t it best to focus on where you
make the greatest contribution?
Don’t waste that precious energy.
I like to ask myself questions out loud.
I’m not afraid of you.
This question asking isn’t just an activity for the young.
I can be open like this, I can be vulnerable: I choose it.
I’m not afraid of the public, nor of sounding less
than brilliant.
I am not here to impress you.
I just want to know where I fit–how to stop wasting my time.
How to make this life 1000000% useful, the biggest impact,
I am the greatest force, leveraged with the right attention.
Attention is everything.
So is relaxing and asking questions
to redirect myself.
So here I am.
*Unconditional* This poem has me in a loving gasp for air that meets me in the center of my soul and gently says “let go” and burrows in for a longer show of moving Spirits inward, connecting joining in my heart the real of love.
Unconditional — Fiesta Estrellas
Themes of self love emerged throughout my blogging experience the past 11+ years. I accidentally stumbled onto the poem I wrote this morning while I was trying to email subscribe to another blog. I was getting an error message which took me down a rabbit hole which led to me deleting a number of pending requests. The pending requests led to others’ inactive blogs. At the bottom of the well, so to speak, I saw that somehow I was subscribed to my own post, a poem, called, “Unconditional.” This wasn’t my intended reblog post for the day. So I will add it as bonus material. I hope you can find the love in it, for you.
Image credits: Candlelight and Wine, by Ralph Hocker, Acrylic ― 11″ x 14″ www.sevenlivelyartists.com/hocker.html ARIADNE, VENUS AND BACCHUS BY TINTORETTO (1518-1594) “Beautiful colors can be bought in the shops on the Riato, but good drawing can only be bought from the casket of the artist’s talent with patient study and nights without sleep.” ~ Tintoretto (such is the […]
November 17, 2013, Taurus Full Moon, Relationships, Art — Fiesta Estrellas
This is another earlier blog post of my mine. I reached into my archives where I wrote about astrology; this was before I branched out and wrote poetry, and shared my art, and got more social about my life and my journey. I published a book since I was blogged, yay! I like to blog about ALL THE THINGS! New material is coming in 2023–but right now, this is my blog celebration. I teamed up with Cheer Peppers because I wanted to blog for the whole month with a team. I like to share space with people and I’m so glad that you have decided to read my writing, and truly: I am glad you decided to be part of my world. You matter, and I appreciate you!!! ❤ Please enjoy! Another busy back-to-back day today 🙂 I’ll be around to visit you again very soon!
A little bonus today that I’m excited about is that I linked all my Taurus posts to celebrate this Full Moon Eclipse in Taurus we are currently experiencing.
This first one below—> This was my life-changing Kauai experience when I got my spiritual name Ka Malana. It was a short post. I was very busy experiencing it all. I remember the most beautiful New Moon in Taurus ceremony on the beach… just amazing. The order of the blog posts is from oldest to most recent.
perhaps only a butterfly lifting lightly moving slightly, touches the edges of the sea… meeting your pulse ((((((( Once divided, no longer unguided all thoughts provided from duality… ))))))) hearing your song rhymes, rhythmically, rapidly randomly, ripplingly figuratively, linkingly mouth moving, easily… ] hearing your name [ word siblings are scattered in new families created, […]
Geminizing something New — Fiesta Estrellas
You have to read my poem at the link above. It turns out it was definitely a foreshadowing. I gave birth to a little Gemini two years later. Well, thanks astrology. 🙂 Happy Peppering 🙂 I will add this to the cauldron of posts I’m stewing here in the month of November.
It’s time for me to open up my prayer within the word,
the journey with my tongue
into the sound of the ocean spoken
Through my lips, containing the vastness of my heart
You are the unbroken yoke of
My wandering heart
You are the dream where illusions fade into
washes of watercolors that bleed truth upon me until my marigold eyes lie wide open, capturing the sun into the depth of me, rooted
fountaining from me is my singing heart
bright with the depth of night stars, reaching
traveling from the distant inner deep
We are together now in this moment
steeped with hue and ink and dried tears of sparkling gold. I feel crystals in my hands, elegant, solid
You and I are the prayer, together,
ocean, golden, singing, shining
Creativity is never being in short supply–
Opening to magic is–the mind–defied
I try to rhyme but, my couplet is not
a puppet.
Look at Mercury’s gone direct —>
Cauldron potion churning effect
Can I get a bubble with a wibble wobble
gibble gobble?
Drinking too much life will surely help you
drop the strife!
Unsplash: Raspopova Marina
Hello,
I have zero advice to offer you on this. Still reading? Maybe you can comment in the comment section on what qualities you think good writing has? I’m talking about, asking about, what speaks to your soul, your mind, and your heart?
We are managing through the heat wave but the internet is down. My cellular service is providing this little bit of connection. I have really, truly missed WordPress in the last several months while I was less present and more in my “local” life and goings ons… The community we’ve created is so beautiful. I love how we are all living our own lives, working on our own art, writing, hobbies, freedom and voice. Thank you for being here! 😃
There are so many of you who I miss, who have not been writing. You are never forgotten.
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