Bridge Jumping

                                                                           2012

"If someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you?"   Apparently...

                                                                           iRise

One Great Love

I hope I never have to choose between my two great loves, the woods and the sea...

The Artemis Sails

The Maiden Sail

Only Love

I am not going to struggle any more...

with the doubting of another,

with questioning another's authenticity or truthfulness.

I am not going to subject myself to interrogations or opinions of those who need to blame and find fault.

There is plenty of that in the world, like nasty weeds near a majestic oak or a harvest ready.

Sure I have subscribed to that chaos in my humble life.

"Take as needed ," the directions said. So I did, until this day. I have decided the old pills of primary programming, are killing me.

So if you wish my friend, as I free my self to trust the medicine  

in the glorious offerings of each moment,

if you wish…

I will walk with you along a shore or in the woods or along a silent street and as our busy thoughts drift upward to join the vultures riding the

thermal waves… I will meet you, in the experience of being.

I shall witness all that we are and releasing that also to drift upward

because I realize my thoughts and assessments reduce this sacred experience... of Love... indefinable, magnificent, trusting... living and dying in each breath.

I love you, I love you all, like our Sun loves to shine.

I shall, until my final breath, hold you tenderly in the Heart,

the place we all 'know' when we are still enough

and quiet enough to really feel.

I meet you there.

I meet you there.

From my heart to yours,

Suzette Marie Laux, April 29, 2012

Firebird

Going No Where

Sometimes I feel like I am going nowhere.

I think about that, my life measured by a collection

of rocks and feathers...

A while back Jim said, “Come on, lets go out to No Where.”

I hesitated, then I thought, “Why not,

I should bravely and consciously investigate

this 'not' place and see what it is about."

We arrived after a journey through green pastures and winding roads.

They were magical miles with many memories steeping through the

leafy trees, riding on rays of starlight that presumptuously infiltrated my pupils

to find their way to my rods and cones…

and I succumbed to the meeting and the electrical impulses

that traveled along boney back.

So I became ready to see with old eyes opened new,

to the reality of going no where.

I found cars and a bar and many stars that spangled the brains

of the belonging.

There were assorted cylinders and venders and ruthless avengers...

the stories sought and bought, a market place of mistakes and retakes

and a sign that pointed to a truth.

I wondered why I was no where, this moment, when a smiley face

answered in this case and I couldn’t help but smile back.

So we took a hike, to see what we like, getting to know one another

in great appreciation. We asked the questions and listened

to the answers.

Twas not the words we heard, more the melody.

I watched him hang upside down and I felt, that was just right…

for him.

He reminded me how we manage through mischief

and lead with laughter.

I told him, that he was greater

than he knew.

We shared a long genuine hug, then touching my heart

I said to him,” No Where is Now Here,” and he smiled.

To Begin Again