by Deb Farris | Apr 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
First comes joy’s anticipation–beauty to behold. Then the daily drudgery of mastering the tendu. Pulls, tears, breaks–the pain of perfecting technique. Joy becomes something of the past as I am forced into stillness, injured. Then, evidence of...
by Deb Farris | Mar 31, 2016 | Musings
Through rainy thoughts Spring has its way with me Look into my longings And what they bring forth Check my desires and delights I do not fear your scrutiny What can bring greater contentment than to know my soul’s winter will Find its...
by Deb Farris | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Refreshed from sleep eyes open wide in silence and light here I lie Holding fast to the beauty seen and now gone in stillness the picture’s within I long for the air the moisture and heat climbing rocks crave sand on my feet I long most of all for Your...
by Deb Farris | Mar 22, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
I dreamt of mosquito net canopies cascading from tree branches overhead in the wild and woke up in my bed in Mexico to buzzing in my ear. I picked up my phone hoping it would say 5:00 but saw 3:00. AP flashed across the top of my screen that there had been a bombing...
by Deb Farris | Mar 12, 2016 | Musings
Come down from the ladder Don’t you know stubborn self? The only way up is down Come down from the heights Of self elevation ‘Tis a gift to come down It’s where you ought to be Down down deeper down Deeper still Deep into the heart From where the...
