CAPTURED IN WORDS

BY LORRAINE JOHNSON

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Moments in Time

3 days ago
1 min

#19 The Space Between

Humanity taps at our doors. Open up—it beckons let me hold your footprint on soil, sand, moist or dry. Look into my eyes let that which j...

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Feb 23
1 min

#17 My Beautiful Memory

Forever you are the sound of the grasshopper pulling me towards The gentle sound of the chime when wind there is none The passing breeze ...

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Feb 21
1 min

#16 Before The Sun

In the silence I travel far and wide Across valleys Climbing mountains And pausing at the spirit of a rock Willowing trees hear the call—...

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Feb 14
1 min

#14 At My Door

If I was to gather all my thoughts and blow them out to sea it would be to you, my unknown you, who I share my deepest me you who wanders...

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Feb 13
1 min

#13 And Fly

When the sun hangs high in the sky the lonely bird sits and dreams of joining a flock that wisps the sea with the flurry of its mien. But...

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Feb 12
1 min

#12 Little Things

The years deposit nuggets of memories, but mostly they remind us of the joy found in sitting gently by a stream, listening to the echos o...

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Feb 9
1 min

#8 A Dream

Once I saw a fleeting star and watched it from afar It seemed adrift, meandering— intentioned, not astray I thought it something beautifu...

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Feb 7
1 min

#6 Flutter of Existence

And there I was sitting by the sunshine pouring through my drafty window— as fall settled in and the leaves began to let go— seeking, def...

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Feb 5
1 min

#4 Becoming slow, just enough

The earth is singing. It is that time—yes, when time beckons us to slow, and maybe, just maybe, in the growing silence, we can hear. What...

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Feb 3
1 min

#2 A Powerful Presence

It is not the length of one's spine The shade of one's wrappings The answers in one's mind Nor the design of one's form Rather it is the ...

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Jan 31
1 min

#1 Like a Mighty Tree, A Blade of Grass

What does one do with the hatred that shares this land? Do not become weary, my son. Like a flower without water. Like a river without a ...

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CAPTURED IN WORDS

BY LORRAINE JOHNSON

#19 The Space Between

#17 My Beautiful Memory

#16 Before The Sun

#14 At My Door

#13 And Fly

#12 Little Things

#8 A Dream

#6 Flutter of Existence

#4 Becoming slow, just enough

#2 A Powerful Presence

#1 Like a Mighty Tree, A Blade of Grass

Follow the journey.

Thank you for lingering with me—just a bit.