From a Distance

©2013 Louise Gallagher

The Invitation

©2013 Louise Gallagher

I thought
you didn’t see
me
waiting
for you
to step
across the threshold
of my heart
beat
pounding
with anticipation
of your
caress

I thought
you didn’t
see
me.

I see
now
you were always
listening
to my heart
beat
calling.

I see
you now
inviting
me
to enter
the portal
of your Love.

In All The Pieces

©2013 Louise Gallagher

When all the king’s horses
and all the king’s men
couldn’t put
Humpty together again
was all hope lost
that he would never find
the beauty
lying
in all the pieces
broken
on the ground?

In the broken places
beauty
rises up
and says
life happens
in the cracks
where the light
shines
in all the pieces
lying
broken
on the ground.

Ellie contemplating the leap

What if…

©2013 Louise Gallagher

What if…
letting go
stops me
from falling?

What if…
falling
frees me
to fall into
zero gravity
where I lift off
soaring
into the unknown
beyond where I am
limited
by the capacity
of me?

What if…
I no longer
choose
to let gravity define me?

What if…
Letting go
I fly free.

Photo by Tony Fischer Photography on Flickr.

I followed a link to a prompt that had the photo — and the invitation to write whatever comes to mind.

This is what came to mind based on the photo above.

Nowhere To Go

©2013 Louise Gallagher

They have run
out of places
to hide
they sit
searching
for somewhere
to run
and find themselves
lost
with nowhere
to go.

No Space In The Margins

©2013 Louise Gallagher

Parcelled out
the day unfolds
neatly printed
beneath a To Do
listing
in orderly fashion
like soldiers on parade
what must be done
item by item
to show
progress made
steps taken
to get done
what needs
to be done
with no space
left
on either side
of the margins
for becoming
human.

Tread Lightly

©2013 Louise Gallagher

Tread lightly
the pathways to the heart
are delicate threads
always at the point of breaking
or becoming
a story of Love.

Tread carefully
the stories of Love
you weave
for you never know whose spirit
is breaking
you never now whose dreams
are awakening.

Tread softly
for with each step
you leave an impression,
that can take the breath away
or leave you breaking
hopelessly beneath the pain
of loss.

What will yours be?

Day After Day

©2013 Louise Gallagher

Was it you I saw on the street
sitting on a concrete wall
watching the world pass by
as you’ve watched it
pass for days on end
wondering
where did your world
disappear to?

Was it the time you gave
your heart
and it was returned
in pieces that could not fit
together
and so you reached
for a bottle, a pipe
anything to make the pain
go away.

Or maybe it was that time
you went out
for the newspaper
and she packed up
your world and the ones
you helped bring into it
and left you
without a clue
as to how to get it back.

Or maybe it was the death
of your dreams
that time you took
a risk and moved
north
to find your fortune
and all you got for your troubles
was a habit you didn’t want to keep

And now you’re stuck
with the memories of all the things
you tell yourself you’ve done
to bring you here
to this concrete wall
on which you sit
day after day
and watch the world go by.

Come Stand Out

©2013 Louise Gallagher

Standing out
in the field of possibility
I lean into
the unknown
and call out
to you
Come join me
here
at the edge
of awakening
leave the forest of doubt
behind
Come stand out
within the limitless
wonder
of life
expanding
into infinite joy.