I plunged bare feet into the stream
shocking cold
a primal scream
ice water rushes round my thighs
shaking teeth
teary eyes
slippery stones
Ouch!
soaked arm and seat
distant shore
twelve steps to greet
gritting on, a drunken dance
nearly falling
whoa!
a wobbly stance
so close now, I yell and rant
I want to run but simply can’t
one last lunge
Oops!
a wet face plant
tio stib, 2015
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a lone form sits
in front of fire
a sacred glow
on sea of black
as sparks rise
to eternity
I warm my hands
cold nips my back
giant shadows shelter me
dark branches reach for stars
I shiver
then look out again
as time swims into hours
a tiny speck of being I am
no more no less than all
alone
yet somehow one
I know the peace of home
a hint of bright appears beyond
a light begins to grow
moon man crawls up into night
revealing worlds below
in silent silver majesty
on every hill I see
the silhouettes of noble elk
taking midnight tea
the curtain lifts
strange voices shriek
a thousand years unfold
as Nature’s unseen opera shouts
to spirits now and old
with these wild
coyote swoons
I watch Man’s dreams
fly past the moon
Tio Stib, 2015
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wilderness, Oneness, moonrise, wonder, peace, home, tranquility
Tio Stib, 2015
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Image by Fred Moore
stone silent sat
the silhouette
in front of screaming sky
gold, orange, red
and brilliant blue
a day had drifted by
time ran lost
through canyons steep
sandstone carved by gods
warm wind echoed
ancient feet
ghosts passed by with nods
as my soul watched
from Life above
the dream below unfold
a gringo Buddha
slowly smiled
at stories yet
untold
tio stib, 2015
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in magic mist
of salty spray
toes dance
with laughing waves
in sands
of life’s eternities
Tio Stib, 2014
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parched
soul skin shrunken
empty eyes
cry
to see
frontiers
worlds away
from withered
wildness
Tio Stib
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a sudden urge
and I was gone
to climb a trail
to search beyond
as sun and peaks
glowed into one
I found the fate
that pulled me on
wind worn and bent
steel towered high
Ancient lookout
time gone by
just me and God
as day met night
Up stairs I rose
to Heaven’s sight
surrounded vast
a mountain sea
rose peaks
of iced immensity
new friends appeared
to fill dark skies
sparkling lights
of timeless eyes
Cocooned and snug
With peeping head
I set sail on
my cosmic bed
Tio Stib
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