Poetry ~ Waka
It’s 3am and she cannot sleep…the mind just won’t shut UP! Drowning in too many emotions dredged from those thoughts, she finally gets up to make a cuppa and let her fingers translate the mind’s clutter….tap, tap, tap…the words fill the page…tap, tap, tap, her cup is almost empty…
tik tok tik tok
thoughts run on the hamster wheel
time never stops
© Tournesol 2023-09-09
Walking in the rain today brought her back to yesteryear…floods of images and emotions….
scent of wet grass
faint sound of droplets
warm summer rain
warm summer rain
grass tickling tiny feet
echoes of laughter
echoes of laughter
sound of pure joy
children giggling
children giggling
watching from a rocking chair
a mother’s delight
© tournesol 2023-06-24 Daily Moments
Today we celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day which also falls on summer solstice. All day an the beginning of summer, the end of the school here in Quebec and the birth of her mother. On June 22nd, 1926, a lovely, smiling baby girl was born…she had curly locks and a contagious laugh. She brought joy to so many people and loved her children and grandchildren/great grandchildren more than life itself. And that says a lot. She had two open heart surgeries and 3 other heart procedures…she fought so hard to live. Where did she get the courage and strength? Surely her unrelenting faith as well as her love for her family. It is appropriate that she started her journey into this world during the summer solstice…the sun was her best friend. Oh how she loved its glow and warmth!
She is missed but today her memory brings joy. Bonne Anniversaire, Colombe….Happy Birthday, Mom/Nanny. 
Open your heart
letting in joy
Scent of sweet lilacs
Open your heart
Rustling leaves
Sound of laughter
Letting in joy
Swaddled in the warmth
Of summer
Scent of sweet lilacs
longest day of the year
Summer solstice
© Tournesol 2023-06-21
Nothing confirms more how valuable and loved a friend is to you until you spend weeks worrying for their life. And then the phone rings…
shoulders roll back
chest expanding wide…
sigh of relief
© Tournesol 18-06-2023
one more sleepless night
mantra chanting, mindful breathing…
toss – turn – groan
crying over spilt milk
many moons ago
such a bitter taste
daybreak
already at four thirty!
eyelids get heavy.
eyelids closing
body acquiesces…
all except the brain
mindless chatter
time to get up for work
one more sleepless night
© Tournesol 2023-06-13 Daily Moments
Spring is in the air Awakens our inner child Play, Love, Joy Spring is in the air Inviting new beginnings Awakens our inner child Rain or shine Heart still skips with joy Play - Love - Joy An ageless mantra For all (c) Tournesol 2023-03-25 le printemps est dans l'air éveille l’enfant intérieur jouer, aimer, jouir le printemps est dans l'air séduisant des nouveaux débuts éveille l’enfant intérieur ensoleillé ou pluvieux le cœur fait des sauts jouer - aimer - jouir un mantra Pour tous·tes © tournesol 2023-03-26
How I miss her nudging me...those sporadic visits. Going for a walk, I would feel the hints of a verse, a word...a perfect moment whispering to me. My mind always wanders...so hard to be mindful because my eyes see one thing for a moment and then she takes over with an interesting narrative. A bike missing a wheel thrown carelessly beneath a balcony. What if it was a kidnapping and the bike was thrown here from another town? What if it was an accident and the biker had no ID, police still looking for John Doe? What if...indeed!! I miss holding an image in my heart f then allowing it to simmer for a day or two and turning it into a watercolour of words, three brief lines that take your imagination on to a lovely journey. Other times it can be philosophical or spiritual but definitely, with a tasteful metaphor. Since the pandemic, rather than benefit from time during those moments if isolation... inspiration changed to a very scattered mind. Words were mixed with fear but this morning there was a slight shift ...
Softly whispers Welcoming lilt Brief rendezvous Softly whispers Moment in time wades in my soul Welcoming lilt Holding my breath Listening to her voice Brief rendezvous Still breathtaking (c) Tournesol 2023-03-05 Daily Moments
snowflakes
carpets forming
spreading joy
snowflakes
adorning
bare branches
white carpets forming
like white sheets on a stick
spreading peace
spreading joy
peace
no wars!
(c) Tournesol ‘2022-11-16
A widow and her sons gathered with their cousins the evening before…reacquainting with each other, reminiscing their childhoods…remembering their father, their uncle, her life long partner of 68 years, who passed. They laughed, they danced, they ate a feast cousins had ordered for the family; they drank and remembered a wonderful man who touched so many friends and family of all ages. One cousin was up late downloading music her cousins had chosen to be played at the burial. Another cousin went to the florist to get roses and rose petals.
The next morning, she woke up early and went to the coffee shop to have breakfast and listened to her muse…in two hours her uncle’s ashes would be interred at the family graveside. It was cloudy but not raining and clouds were making room for the sun’s rays…
grey skies beckoning no more tears grey skies casting shadows under their eyes beckoning softly whispers please don't cry no more tears like dust in the wind smiling from above (c) Tournesol 2022-10-18 and then the sun appeared as if he was smiling ...
Songs:
Wish you were here – Pink Floyd
Father & Son – Cat Stevens
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
My Way – Frank Sinatra
Hallelujah – Alexandra Burke
Dust in the Wind – Kansas
Poem read:
It’s been 10 to 12 C the past few days and today, she could actually feel a shift in the air. Windows were open all day and her two felines slept on their carpets by the open patio door. By late afternoon, she could feel a chill and she closed the windows except for her bedroom where she enjoys the cool air under her warm duvet.
silky soft
stretching along her chest
scent of autumn
Inhaling freshness with a sigh
remembering their runny nose
nose peaking
above down feathers
breathing in crispness
© Tournesol ‘2022-09-23
Daily Moments Sept 23/22
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