This woman in #SantaFe #NewMexico has so much written on her face. I snapped this in a coffee shop. #character #lifelived (at Santa Fe Plaza)
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This woman in #SantaFe #NewMexico has so much written on her face. I snapped this in a coffee shop. #character #lifelived (at Santa Fe Plaza)
Hibiscus Moment
Words are not needed or spoken...we are together again...her black hair so long, flowing across her slender shoulders...her silhouette sleek, extending across the water in the iridescent light...
A glance from her eyes sparkling like sapphires set my heart racing...
The smell of her familiar perfume brought memories of us together back into stark focus...I thought I had lost her but tonight she stood before me in surreal splendor...the floral notes playing in my memories...her lithe figure beckoning me forward...
My mind flooded with our past shared mutual passion...remembrance of deep lingering kisses under the moonlight by the lake...this very lake...our bodies entwined together in tight embrace...The soft warm breeze against our skin, moist from the tropical air...seems like yesterday...
A stirring of deep desire takes me deep inside the heart...two lovers separated for a time...regrets, mistakes, lessons learned...pain of stupidity, words spoken in haste...repentance...reunion...I am longing now, yearning, for what was lost...wantonness takes hold of us both...two lovers needing to be one...again...
Life presents moments...rare, if ever moments to be had...chances to be taken...I will not lose this time around...together by the same lake we stood only a few years ago...Would she want the same as I? Her eyes give her away...her movements are subtle but unmistakable...The silence between our mutual gaze speaks loudly to me...I do not hesitate at all...
My restraint is readily abandoned...I am lost in my need to feel her warm skin in my arms...I move forward toward my love...Pressing my mouth instinctively upon her waiting lips...the past nor tonight will not deny us our destiny...
Time must make way for our encounter...unforgettable fire is being unleashed in our rapturous pleasure...words, images communicated without sound...just murmurs of ecstasy...my nostrils fill with her hibiscus scent in that singular eternal moment...
Jerry Carrick
To hear the words spill forth - And the rhythmic musings of a spirited tongue - To listen - & hear - & feel - all that is being spoken & sang & passed into our ears & our souls & our collective humanness is to understand a little of the human condition that is too often dehumanized, covered, & looked past - for fear we might care & be forced to reconcile, or at least consider what society has allowed. @smithyyyooodel & @charlie.parr put it down @electricfetusmpls & the world is a better place for it. Charlie’s new album, Last of the Better Days Ahead, should be listened to, repeatedly, so the words & melodies can sink into the deepest & darkest areas of the grey matter. And Abe’s recitation rattles & reverberates throughout the inner sanctum of the Id. His way of breathing life into those things that seem inanimate forces us to relearn what we thought we knew. Do yourself 2 solids, pick up Charlie’s new vinyl & any of Abe’s books, grab something delicious to sip, & let the messages untangle the world that you never knew. #diamondlkphotography #diamondlkomneity #diamondlklife #lifelived #localmusic #localmusicians #poetrycommunity #wordsmiths #sota #mplsmusic #lastofthebetterdaysahead #destructionofman #whimmanmammon #wordsoflife #lifeofwords #wordsforwordssake #mnmusic #wisconsinpoet #ladysmithlife (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTJH3_6sUV8/?utm_medium=tumblr
In case you’re wondering what it’s been like, these past 2 & 1/4 years, it’s been a lot. Today, 30 Jan 2021, was the first day in that span that felt, in my estimation, somewhat normal. Which is not to say that there was an abundance of normalcy, but it was pretty ok. We went to target for the 800th time & I was breathing the entire hour we were shopping. And then we went to Barnes & Noble, b/c calendars don’t grow on Mulberry trees, & no children ran around the store screaming - it was a parallel universe, if ever one existed. The journey is long & the healing process is slow, and we know that the daily struggle is worth it - even if we don’t accept that in each moment. We are blessed to have these amazing spirits/souls/girls in our lives - and hopefully they will feel the same, as they mature into young adults. We don’t have it all figured out, we don’t really have anything figured out, but we wake up every day & do our best to give them the opportunity to grow & learn & love, & that’s enough, for now. Thank you to all who have offered support & thank you to everyone who is following this journey, I hope the girls get to meet each & every one of you, when time/Covid allows. #diamondlkgirls #instantfamily #adoptionjourney #lifelived #thisisus #scarstoyourbeautiful #thejourneyisthedestination #diamondlkphotography #diamondlkomneity (at Diamond Lake Bistro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKsWEp3FwiY/?igshid=jra2m29xjw09
Ok... we went for a drive to check in on the properties & see how construction was coming along & out of the clear blue sky, I smelled chicken, fried chicken, & I said, that smells delightful, I think I’ll go home and fry some chicken thighs, and Roger & MamaCat & Jack said “Hey, how ‘bout you throw us a little sumpin-sumpin & nobody gets hurt” - so it goes, the cats run this place. GTO ragtop, very nice. 😏 a cool down in the creek, after which, the astronaut said to her sister, “My God, Are we gonna be like our parents”? (Andrew Clark) & sister replied, “If you are always trying to be normal, you’ll never know how amazing you can be.” (Maya Angelou), & the astronaut agreed & therefore understood, sort of, why her dad was wearing a Navy LaCrosse 🥍 hat Roger cranked up some Turn Down For What & worked on his Dab - “& the world turned, and the world turned, and the world turned” (Gabe Dixon Band) & still. #andtheworldturned #diamondlkphotography #diamondlkgirls #diamondlkcats #lifelived #createeveryday #artisart #northofnormal #northmore #sota #properties #homebuilders #friedchicken #mplsfoodie #diamondlkbistro #astronaut #gto #dab #roger #minnehahacreek #everydayallday https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmQpeInHy-/?igshid=1o9x8xkdz99dy