~gathering sea glass~
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I've been gathering sea glass
and placing it in my hair
letting the wind decide
where it should settle there
With the light of the sun
each piece glistens and shines
warming my head
and soothing my mind
keeping gathered treasures
within reach
as I mindfully walk
a stretch of the beach
I reach up
and run my fingers through strands
looking for glass
to touch my hand
comforting,
reminding me what's real
with each piece
I lovingly feel
Filling up
all of this headspace
with treasures found
along my sacred space
Seems I've created a vessel
for the light to shine in
and isn't that really the place
where it must begin.
~deb dunn~
I know I have often shared here how fortunate I feel to live along Lake Ontario ~ where I can walk the beach on any given day.
Walking meditation * listening and in tune with the tide * taking my thoughts to the lake * cloud watching * feeling the sand between my toes * and gathering ... finding those lovely little glistening coloured pieces of glass ~ loved and washed and tumbled over and over again xo
It was only a matter of time
that all this beach glass gathering
found itself in a painting :-)
hair blowing wildly
picking up pieces of glass
letting them land as they wish
"gather yourself
by the seashore
and I will love you there.
assemble yourself
with wild things
with the songs
of the sparrow
and sea foam
let mad beauty
collect itself
in your eyes
and it will shine
calling me.
for I long
for a man
with nests
of wild things
in his hair.
a man
who
will
kiss
the
flame"
~jewel~
I love to spot birds on the beach
whether tiny sparrows * * sand pipers * red winged blackbirds * sea gulls who always look to see if I have food :-) * to the large commorants who I watch in awe as they fly above ...
my sweet friend Christine sent me the latest issue of Faerie Magazine all the way from Connecticut
because inside was a lovely story all about sea/beach glass
that she knew I would love {and I did}!
"mermaid tears" was a term I hadn't heard before, but fell in love with the moment I read
"did you know that if a mermaid happens to fall in love with a sailor, she swims alongside his ship in order to protect him? Mermaids become very attached to the men they love"
~made me love sea glass all the more~
