by Deb Farris | Apr 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I reach for my gray flannel zippered hoodie rubbed raw at the elbows. My heart waiting at the precipice of rebirth, worn from wandering and wondering, I am raw. Stained front and back, zipper broken, no longer able to retain warmth, I cling. I am stained. Lowly lady...
by Deb Farris | Apr 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
A blade of grass lines up in the field. Obedient grass. Blade by blade you make a lush covering of warmth over the cold, dark earth. Silent one, be firm. As the grass knows better than to slip backward or wander off, moment by moment, be present. Obey, today, the...
by Deb Farris | Apr 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Little flames of green stare back at me from the tips of branches. Against the overcast sky their shoots of color are all the brighter. The birds seem pleased by the new decor. They weren’t there yesterday. The rain stayed up all night to bring the buds...
by Deb Farris | Apr 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Stir my heart to prayer, Lord, turn my mind to you. Let prayer be my noble cause, may belief be no effort. A broken heart waits, a child sits in despair, a mother, overwhelmed. A father, lost. For I knew these things well and closed my eyes to you, my ears. Your...
by Deb Farris | Apr 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
First comes joy’s anticipation–beauty to behold. Then the daily drudgery of mastering the tendu. Pulls, tears, breaks–the pain of perfecting technique. Joy becomes something of the past as I am forced into stillness, injured. Then, evidence of...
by Deb Farris | Apr 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
you are the dancer i am the dance i’ll teach you poise and give you balance unbelief, your obstacle, uproots and ungrounds flow and grace in those I’ve searched for far and wide and have found my strength intensifies when you dance with another eye to...
