Scribbles

One of my most memorable Thanksgivings was spent with a family in Los Angeles during my college years.  Whether it was the beauty of gratitude or young love, the poetry we wrote or the melodies we created, it impacted me greatly and compelled to write this piece.

Come with me to a place of warmth and special meaning.  Allow yourself to be enveloped into this scene as your imagination roams about.  To know this moment is to know beauty.  To live in this moment is to know life.  To ever leave this moment is to know loss.  And to desire this moment’s return is to know longing.

Now sit down, press play, and enjoy this moment...

Have you ever noticed how certain moments in life reveal such depth that for a brief moment in time, perfection seems within reach?  It can be surreal sometimes...

... even heavenly.

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Sea Lions

There once was a Sea Lion who lost the sea

His love, his passion, ceased to be

With dust in his lungs, he could no longer breathe

But truth be known, the Sea Lion is me

 

At some point in our journey, it is almost inevitable not to lose heart.  Someone hurts us.  We fail at something important.  Insecurities surface.  Enjoyment fades.  We become blinded by lies.  We travel another path only to be disillusioned again.  Weariness sets in.  Hope is lost...

It's so easy to become the like Sea Lion who lost the sea and thus, enslaved by the dust of a new environment.  In search of safety, we actually jeopardize ourselves.  But what led us here?  Maybe for you, you were hurt deeply as a child - wounded from the very start.  For me, my journey has included unforgiving regret.  Someone else lost their passion in life and just checked out.

And together, we left something crucial behind: the sea... our home.

We must remember that anything worth chasing will come at a great cost.  So if sacrifice is a requirement, perseverance must be accepted and even, befriended.  The survival of our hearts is of utmost importance and if we fail to keep them alive, we will surely die.  Death will set in as we live with the regret of dreams not pursued, passions quieted, and our potential left a mystery. 

Have you lost the sea?

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