To Step forward…

Staying in silence…

Is the invisibility cloak that protects our pain from the judgement of others.

It shields us from the pained eyes,

Shocked faces,

And closed body language…

Of those in which we share our story.

But courage tells us to share our story anyway.

Because by sharing our pain,

We allow others to understand that they are not alone.

Words and image by Magical Normal Life


Throw back Friday – First published September 16th, 2018

Mom and Dad Need a Break…

Gliding together

across the lake, to the nest.

Babies need a nap. 🙂

Words and Image by Magical Normal Life

Cold Front Coming Through…

I am not ready

to let go of Summer soft

breezes for cold snow.

Words and Image by Magical Normal Life

I Wonder who Lived Here? Memories of a Family…

Masoned stone crumbles
hidden by green-mossed armies
of ancient patterns.

Chiseled scars lead
visions of bloody muscled
hands grasping at dreams.

Smoke curled fires
once smoldering in blue orbs
and sleepy lashes.

Now burst misty
showers, heavy and wet with
lingering ballods.

Of a distant home
holding laughter filled stories
of a family.

Words and Image by Magical Normal Life

Lurking Black Night…

Lurking black night enfolds life breath,
With soft covered sounds that flow and ebb.


Stars dripping purple, silently soak
Sparkled green dust to a world that is broke.


Moon rising, Moon reaching beyond icy grasp,
Steel fingers wipe wordlessly…
All that we ask.


The creator’s hand paints
Gold-spilled lines revealing,
Lurking black nights enfolded in healing.

Words and Image by Magical Normal Life

Breathing in Autumn…

Crimson colored air

fluttering, crisply and cool,

softly towards peace.

Words and Image by Magical Normal Life

Wait for me among the stars…

Wait for me among the stars

Where whirling moonbeams wander afar.

My heart it longs for holding you close

Yet your whispering voice is disappearing and I suppose

That although we must meet again,

The galaxies bring distance to our love.

Please wait for me among the stars

Where whirling moonbeams wander afar.

The stardust may keep our souls apart

Yet I know our spirits will speak in tones of our heart-

Felt language for each others dreams,

And galaxies will again entangle our love.  

Words and Image by Magical Normal Life


Throw back Friday. One of my favorite poems. 🙂

Golden Leaves…

Golden leaves drifting

through ancient, ageless waters…

bring forth this moment.

Words and Image by Magical Normal Life

Mountain Skies…

Whispering blue skies

willfully invite me to

wonder through mountains.

Words and Image by Magical Normal Life