Giving yourself permission to be creative.
If you get close to what you love
who you are will reveal itself to you
and it expands.
Be willing to play the fool.
Cold Mountain
There's a dark crevice
In a frozen mountain of stone
Hardly allowing me
To squeeze my life through
No doubt the harsh elements
That mountain has stood
Has made her icy crust
Much thicker than it should
I push my way through
With struggles and glare
Brushing off remnants
Of her hardness
That has always been there
The warm sun and the birds
That finally greet me in the light
Encourage a new journey
Where I can finally
Let go
of the Fight.
Joni James copyright 2024
Messages from the Dead
What if every song ever written
Contained the words
Passed on from the dead
With a guarantee that they find their way
Back to the one
They were written for again
In the glaze of the living
The only truths we know
Are the messages that are sent
From the mouths of the angels
So you’ll know what was really meant
To be said
Resting in the songs of the dead
They’ll find you again
In your end
Joni James copyright 2024
Unusual Hue
 |
| 1972 Schwinn World Traveler |
My first bicycle
In Crayola spring green
so proud and yet
vastly different
from the other kids
on their
brown and blue wheels.
They celebrate each other
in their sameness
while I struggle
to make peace
with my unusual hue.
jj 2022
A Glimmer of Light
"change your view change your life" illustration by Joni James
(with a bit of help from a glimmer of sunlight)
It is within my purpose
where I find both
sorrow and
joy.
I suffer the pain
in silence and in crowd
my face may show peace
until no one is around.
But in my darkest
moments
it just takes a tiny glimmer
of light
to tip the balance
of hope
back in to sight.
jj
The Raven
Crystalline blanket wrapping arms,Reaching for the skyThe air seeps tiny jewelsSeason reminders fly
Snow & ice that hide the way
My escape is near impossibleAt least today
Treacherous livid Raven!Judge of the landCries his lunacy in the woodsOf which no human will stand
Jagged peaks that hide the sunMost the day in darkness I runSnow & ice that hide the roadI, a fugitiveCarry my load
Joni James 1981 Anchorage Alaska
Fragile
Let me dance this life
To a rhythm of joy
Keep me from the flatness
That threatens this tune
Dance with me stardust
And forget-me-nots
in June
Repelling the winds
That rob this
too
soon.
Joni James
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