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CAPTURED IN WORDS
BY LORRAINE JOHNSON
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[141] Change
I watched it as it came and saw its shades as were made it turned from yellow to fiery red fading fast till all was shed then stillness...
Dec 4, 20221 min read
[140] Fill Up The Room
Sun, wind, the hum and sea moving shoreward, wild and free like birds soar alone, together we gather and move in groups of two, in groups...
Nov 20, 20221 min read
[139] A Moment
A life of moments a flow of choice it's all we have as we move through time we land in place, then pick another we choose to come, we...
Nov 5, 20221 min read
[138] For A While
There's a stream that flows and sings traveling miles over rocky earth gently, steadily it creates its path effortlessly it moves, over...
Oct 23, 20221 min read
[137] A Place to Wander
See the darkness as the light a place to wander to know your might.
Oct 15, 20221 min read
[136] Light Steps
The wind whispers, gently, close your eyes listen, as it sings— walk lightly in the world to see, to feel, the story unfold sit at the...
Oct 9, 20221 min read
[135] The Place
The place that forms I steps back in time reblooming days and reframing eyes memories delay the impermanence of forms and warm...
Oct 1, 20221 min read
[134] Spun
The humming bird and silence calls around the bush, we circle all unspoken words, the bird chirps on the thread is spun —before truth is...
Sep 25, 20221 min read
[133] Walk The Earth
In the departure, I return down narrow passages of white washed walls expanded views of green and growth and salty sands meeting...
Sep 17, 20221 min read
[132] Waning Days
As the seagull mews so goes the echoing waves counting tales of yesterdays reaching sandy shores where tiny birds scurry leaving gentle...
Aug 28, 20221 min read
[131] The Pause
The Pause—be it long or short knows not time. It's where the flowers live, the trees sway the moon shines the mind dreams the kiss lives...
Aug 20, 20221 min read
[130] Holding Space
Thoughts seep out of pockets tucked deeply out of sight from the bustling of days filled with many shiny lockets and nights on soft...
Jul 16, 20221 min read
[129] Wonder
I went chasing wonders thinking they were afar. But in the night of a different sky with no stars to be found I saw wonder— in the...
Jul 4, 20221 min read
[128] Moved
She used to smile wide and reveal an orange rind her long hair—grey and straight—gently hanging down her spine She'd make us...
Jun 18, 20221 min read
[127] Hold You High
Up the peeling bark we go down again, we all do fall fast or slow, we grow or forego climb up again we make the crawl some in sight,...
Jun 5, 20221 min read
[126] Came To Go
There lives a kind man with wavy, silver hair and a latin tongue that speaks volumes of romance even when ordering simple pasta with red...
May 26, 20222 min read
[125] Tomorrow
There was a young Mozambican man who carved beautiful birds out of wood. They stood tall and stately—some with elegant bent beaks, all...
May 4, 20222 min read
[124] One More Time
Old and barnacled by salted winds that blow —and ancient wood docks with cracked floors that whisper bittersweets from yesterdays before....
Apr 30, 20221 min read
[123] For A While
Worn by a good life —swept by time and place and hearts that glow in the heat of the night And arms that embrace and eyes that don't...
Apr 24, 20221 min read
[122] The Gaze
I once met the gaze of a man watching me as we moved courageously across the land— in plane, bus and armed check points— it was always...
Apr 17, 20221 min read
[121] In The Morrow
To dream a dream that’s never been to be the story that you’re in re-read the lines written on page— the subtle ones inspired like a sage...
Apr 10, 20221 min read
[120] On The Road
The strip and curve of Waikiki—with its swanky designer stores along Kalakaua and its glistening, almost fully human-made beach of clear...
Apr 3, 20222 min read
[119] Start As One
Two start as one, held by clasping hands like roots of ancient trees and sweet memories that linger in the breeze as whispering dreams...
Mar 27, 20221 min read
[118] The Knowing Curve
My heart beats and longs beyond its space awaiting the presence of a grounding face the knowing curve of my tea cup’s ring the warm...
Mar 16, 20221 min read
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