Image source: http://www.youthconnect.in/2014/06/09/25-global-destinations-to-travel-before-you-die/ Tip your toes in silence Wiggle them Get a sense of where You’re at Sprinkle on some presence to boot Stillness Shake it, shake it Revel in the sacredness of it Shout it But to Yourself From within From deep inside Salivate over the tastiness Of You Of finally arriving to Yourself …
Image source: Private collection There will come a time In a man’s life When everything feels like it’s Swept aside And his heart is full of pride Of love A need from within To deepen the quest given to him A sense of yearning Powerfully coursing through his veins A desire to create To hold …
Image source: Private collection The silky touch of presence Never quite like this before Noticing the inherent Endings of all Death is timeless It lasts and demolishes the past Isn’t this time You ask No, just deep knowing of life As I sense into what is I can truly see Knowing life takes time Might …
Image source: Private collection Roses are red, violets are blue My presence deepens when I look inside You Taking me, shaking me Painfully present, looking for clues Holding my heart Confiding in the dark I hold myself close My soul is dripping of love Hold me now Be with me Steer Yourself Eternally into the …
Image source: Private collection Sometimes it’s hard to let go Step into the unknown Not knowing seems so uncomfortable Scratching under my skin So I breathe, breathe Breathe and let go One breath at a time Breathing is kind To Myself and others Am I just hurting Myself? An honest question to ask Because I …
Image source: Private collection The pain is real The desire, longing strong The illusion of not having it Even more vigorous I feel the energy rise Burning my insides Tightly gripping my being Greatly distorting my seeing Only when I surrender to the feeling The twilight starts gleaming Pouring in from all sources Love, the …
Image source: Private collection I sit in silence In silence with the fire and the rain Their soothing presence reminds me of the pain The good kind of pain The kind where it’s so beautiful I don’t want to let go And for a while I don’t have to The fire will burn and the …
Image source: Private collection These are the days I live for The wind brushes through my hair I let my hands do the same The wild strawberries blooming Oh the beauty breaks my heart On the horizon, there’s darkness in the sky It will rain soon I don’t want it to end There is so …
Image source: Private collection The Wind blows Such power, such might I surrender to it’s ferocity But underneath it all There’s a gentleness to it Holding me Caressing me Touching me softly As I feel the hair in the back of my neck rise Goosebumps! I’m reminded of the forces Forces beyond my control The …
Image source: Obja village, West-Virumaa, Estonia. Private collection. What about us? What about everything? What about being held? What about feeling? Feeling so strongly Feeling so deeply Taking a piece of someone Into Your heart That You become them Are them Feel them Become Yourself With all the love I have to give, Ian Altosaar
