#slackling

[dream-wonders]

#LatePost yesterdays mini #triathlon that consist of a 5k, yoga, meditation. Here's a pic #Slackling so fun but harder then it looks! #Sacramento #Wanderlust #Wanderlust108 #NoFilter #NatureTime #AcroYoga #Slackline #AlRealYoga #Hooping #OMWalking #Flow&Recovery 🕉

[ohsailme]

Foiled

Summer scenes & tightrope dreams

no more than nostalgia seem. 

Sunlight eclipsed amber glass

mimicked Midas’ golden grasp.

Tightrope walk, meet in the middle

you told me that you loved my giggle. 

I missed the signs, blind to the cues,

had a rather tough time believing that you,

Prince Charming, could ever be charmed by me

as I struggle to take myself seriously.

With one who flows beautifully, waltzing up walls,

I’ve regrettably made quite the mess of it all.

Clumsy fingers, clumsy words

dropped the paintbrush – scared the birds

that sang to me on brightest days

serenading stress away.

“You don’t understand,” I’ve been told before,

“you’re far too young to unlock that door.”

Words I have whispered, poorly considered.

“Who says that?” you asked, “Kids, I guess. Later.”

That moment, that change, like a drop of black paint

casting sad shadows of ebony rain.

Darkness brings forth fog & gloom

poisoning palettes & altering moods.

So I retreated, defeated, & watched you grow distant

eternally wishing to rewind that instant.

Hit the nail on the head, my only fear,

that you were unsettled by distance in years.

Still, I built it up beneath my feet – 

this pedestal of fantasies.

Naivety, I failed to see

‘till it collapsed from under me. 

Imprisoned myself in the rubble, the mess

surrounded by thoughts too afraid to confess.

Connection, the key to be freed from my cell

the rope to help me climb out of the well.

Though perhaps I have hung far too much on this peg

as I stand here, cliff-side, on trembling legs. 

I’ve tried, for some time now, to write you a lovesong

but the melodies always just seem to come out wrong

‘cause I worry with words & I doddle with diction

resulting in nothing to label nonfiction.

Rhetoric, rhyme; they’re aesthetically pleasing

but beautiful nonsense should not be believed in.

So I pace back & forth on my risky rock ledge

ever mindful of the crumbling edge.

The trouble is, we assume we still have time. 

& I, if anyone, am guilty of this crime.

I’d been hoping perhaps I could figure you out

when I realized that’s not really what it’s about.

I am no puppeteer, & I hold no ones strings

as everyone knows the caged bird won’t sing.

I’ve truly tried not to be inconsistent.

I’ve been indecisive for all my existence.

& I’ve come to see that time waits for no man

the hourglass continues to drop grains of sand

& even though time is merely illusion

it’s still just as real as the rest of confusion

I’ve been told if I let you slip through my fingers

I’ll find that forever the questions will linger.

It’s just that I feel very strongly for you

& sometimes it seems you are fond of me, too.

& well, 

this tale is really quite tough to conclude,

to pinpoint that which I’m asking of you.

As you wander the world, you will surely be missed

& I’ve wondered before if I might could come with.

Yet I know that no matter my worldly desires

when it all really comes down to the wire

I’ve a long list of dreams & things to do 

& you’ve got your own dreams to pursue.

I need nothing from you but to know that you know

even if you decide to go on alone

someone, somewhere, some place far away

will smile at sunflowers for all of her days.

True stories have no beginning or end

the sequels hide beyond the bend

& I’m sure one day we shall meet again,

If not this life, perhaps the next.

-Kelby Rae Langevin

[letsfindpeacetogether]

Tomorrow, March 28 2013

So I'm getting up at seven and getting the garden ready for mom, hopefully that won't take long. Then I get to look forward to what should be a full day of bouldering followed by slackline and quite possibly a bonfire.

[beautomicbomb]

Pretty awesome video of a group going out and highlining. 

[twobrothersfilms]

This will get your palms sweating ;)  enjoy!

[canal0800-blog]

Canal: Slacklining (AWESOME)