*scroll down for an Animals video*
Strummed this song today
Animals’ “Misunderstood”
Wish I’d written it…
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: My baritone ukulele
https://youtu.be/mfwN0X8YnWo YouTube video Animals, Misunderstood
HAIKU (Trick or Treat)
Eight string mandolin
Fresh challenge learning new chords
A Halloween treat!
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: CS & new mandolin
Rain on a roof top
Like ukulele picking
Musical moon song
(c) 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
*scroll down for YouTube video*
Disembodied voice
Dictates captivating words
Real or robotic?
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: The Secret Keeper, Mystical Floating Words
https://youtu.be/r5kmCgVhADY The Who, Who Are You, YouTube
Nothing is simple
In a complicated world
Words wander away…
(c) 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Enigma Machine
My related poem:
https://poeturja.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/spell-it-out-a-poem-for-some-of-us-hfa-people/
We pieced together
Our new, then broken, friendship
Perhaps stronger now…
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Flickr broken China heart
I’m pretending that I’m going to repack and leave some of my clothes home but I know I won’t. I sure hope I don’t tip over: huge wheeled suitcase (including 10 bras and panties…why???), backpacker’s pack with food (train only has a snack bar with salt & fat & sugar foods), and a regular backpack with my meds, vitamins & herbal first aid kit (OMG, do I take a lot!), change of clothes in case I get separated from my suitcase and the necessaries like phone, kindle and money. I always identified with the Hobbits but man, I sure would have slowed them down for the ring quest…
(If there’s WIFI on the train, will keep in touch)
Here’s a haiku:
Call Overpackers’
Anonymous for me, please
Desperate for help!
Sastimos!
Clarissa
Image: my stuff
Four directions
Places of spiritual power
Matching the elements
Representing strengthening towers
Those close to Nature
Traditionally mark
North as Earth
East as Air
South as Fire
West as water
Romani personalize
Cardinal directions
So to me
On the edge of the swamp
I think about my own life
And let it ripple out toward others
North as Fire
Direction of continental mountains
Metaphorically moving up
Element of Spirit
East as Earth
Growing across the peninsula
Over the dirt, farms, orchards
Element of Grounding
South as Air
Constellations clearly visible
Opening the Swamp trees curtain
Element of Communication
West as Water
Gulf of Mexico tidal pull
Sea and sand as one
Element of Emotions
Ceraunomancy requires familiarity
With symbolic directions
The interpretation of lightning
A natural phenomena
That recently became a
Source of terror
Yet I calmly walk outside
Avoiding the cloud-to-ground bolts
Asking it to dissipate
Sometimes it does
Sometimes it stays
On those days
I study the direction
Hoping for a connection
The message telling me
What I need to see
And perhaps fix:
Coming from the East?
Anchor yourself to the ground
Importance of roots
Coming from the West?
Then remain in harmony
Balance is the key
Coming from the South?
Celestial messages
The beauty of life
Coming from the North?
Reach to the highest power
No matter beliefs
Nature presents choices
Chanting her musical voices
Pointing the way, if we would only see…
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Compass Rose Cantino, Wikimedia Commons
Sacrifice for art
Breaking toes for perfection
The ballet of love
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: balletforadults.com
(those flamingos are at it again)
G7/ Lonely lifetime search
A/ Wandering through corridors
G7/ Turning the wrong way
A/ So close, I sense you
G7/ Separated labyrinth
A/ Blind inside a maze
Em/ Mysteriously
A/ Life’s ancient map has appeared
Em/ Atlas of my love
A/ Our hearts synchronized
G7/ Earth, water, air and fire
A/ Magic words to meet
G7/ Fantasies and dreams
A/ Fevered shadows of the real
G7/ Now dispelled by A/ you
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Tenor Turned Baritone (DGBE) simple strumming
