our lady at sunrise

an otherworldly glow

appears on the horizon

venus, eclipsed,

surrenders the sky

to another at dawn

-stacy wills (3/25/2011)

(source image: daybreak, orange beach, alabama)

at dawn

at dawn

everything

seems possible...

hopes and dreams

long buried,

sleeping -

flutter awake

and rise

like fragile

bubble worlds,

newly formed -

waiting...

for substance

yearning...

to be inhabited

-stacy wills (3/20/2011)

electric snail

every single species of

the animal kingdom

challenges us with all...

the mysteries of life.

-karl von frisch (1886-1982)

chagall's mandala

i was born between heaven and earth...

and the world, for me, is an endless space,

through which my soul wanders like a little flame.

-marc chagall (1887-1985)

out of the blue

out of the blue

the words came:

let your dreams

be dreams again

stop mining them

for meaning

and so i learned

to take refuge in

the nightly asylum.

out of the blue

the words came:

let nature

be your teacher

and so i learned

to be still.

out of the blue

the words came:

draw a circle

and so i learned

the Spirit's voice.

-stacy wills (3/1/2011)

source image: cypress swamp along the natchez trace