Sunday, April 26, 2026

Majestic

It flies high above in the sky
it dives into the water
for the catch of the day
other birds follow it and accost it
to defend their nests

The crows caw and caws constantly
the seagulls squawk, and squawk
the pigeons cooe and cooe
fighting with the enemy
to no avail

It flies high above in the sky
it dives into the water
for the catch of the day
other birds follow it and accost it
to defend their nests

Do other wish to be like it?
who knows but I wonder
or are they content with their only lives
perhaps, as they have no choice
but the fight keeps on

It flies high above in the sky
it circles and in circles it goes
watchful eyes on the water
and high trees, for any pray
it can find

It flies high above in the sky
it dives into the water
for the catch of the day
other birds follow it and accost it
to defend their nests

It's wings span magnificently
tips spread and body tucked in
claws at the ready to attack, 
grab or simply to land
eyes always on the prize

It's the queen of the sky
magnificent in its own right
it flights high above in the sky
it rules the air with its regal white head
and the smooth gliding across the air
it is the majestic bald eagle
but who else

 

Monday, March 23, 2026

Into The Mountain Pit - Audrey's Plaza Grief

 

Into the mountain pit, I would like to go. And cover myself with your clothes and take in with me your smell and feel you around me to give me strength. To remind me that you are there for me, but I know it already. I would like to go into the Mountain Pit and dive deep inside its darkness, between the rock and the hard place, in the cold of the Amazon Mountain where there is a storm brewing. I would like to dive and stay there for a while with my tears, my sorrow, my pain, my sadness, my depression, my insecurities, and all that is wrong in this world of ours.

Into the mountain pit, I would like to go. And cover myself with the world and explore the darkness within me, find myself, heal myself, be myself. I know you would like to remind me that you are there for me, but I already know it. You will remind me that I can do this thing called life, and snap out of it, but that is not how it works. I would like to be by myself on this short journey of grief, discovery of letting go of my tears, my sorrow, my pain, my sadness, my depression, my insecurities, and all that is wrong in this world of ours.  Let me go into the mountain pit to be reborn and become the person I used to be, or the person I want to be or letting go of who I was and start anew. This is my journey.

Into the mountain pit, I would like to go. I am not asking for much, just to be alone for one moment in time, with you waiting for me on the other side when I would come out stronger, without of my tears, my sorrow, my pain, my sadness, my depression, my insecurities, and all that is wrong in this world of ours. I can feel myself slowly slipping into the mountain pit with a smile on my face, and the sun shining above but slowly fading as I dive into the pit. It is not death that I seek but a silent moment in my life without hearing about war, human to human violence, poverty, mass shootings, children dying.

It would be difficult to understand my desire to go into the mountain pit, I am not mentally weak, or suffering from a mental breakdown, although it might sound like it. Into the mountain pit, I would like to go without having to set my alarm, do the mundane things, reply to society about responsibility. I would like to sleep until I cannot sleep any more and then slowly waking into the world with a new perspective, more wisdom, rejuvenated from years filled with tears, sorrow, pain, sadness, depression and insecurities.

Let me go into the mountain pit, try to understand me for once and let me be me and do this one thing I wish to do. Into the mountain pit, I would like to go, but I know you won’t let me, because you do not understand my purpose, and not understanding it blinds you from seeing what is there. How I feel that this is what I want just one moment in time to explore the darkness within me, find myself again, heal myself, be myself. I know you have always been there for me, help me to go into the mountain pit, where I would like to go to heal myself, and where hope grows for me to move forward without forgetting that deep within, you continue to be in my life and always be.