Hold Tight


photo: “Alice in Wonderland” by Yuki Valentine

 
Hold Tight

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to grow up
is to chase off
our innocence
our naive belief
in the world as a beautiful place

it is to harden against the magic
of our childhood dreams

but if by chance
we can hold tight to just one
of those wonderful foolishnesses

perhaps we can hold on
to our precious sense of wonder

~ ~ ~

rob kistner © 2019

 

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    Renewal

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    Autumn is ending soon. As we close this season, nature’s rest and replenishment here in the Pacific Northwest begins, the cycle of renewal. The summer’s dry period has long ended, and too, agricultural irrigation. Harvesting explodes in October and now will continue into November, including the grape harvest in our many vineyards.

    The fruit and nut trees, the vines in the vineyards, and the crop fields, once harvested, will soon begin the slow period of winter revitalization, in anticipation of the growing seasons to come in the new year. Soon this will be a peaceful time of rest and restoration here in this breathtakingly beautiful region.

    As this season turns, a regenerative calm lies upon this lush land, waiting for the time of sky-water to arrive, to quench nature’s thirst, and revivify her energies in this utopia. The Great Mandala of life turns steady.

    stalks lie down in fields
    arbors burst with ripened grape
    fall is on the land

    ~ ~ ~

    rob kistner © 2018

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