CHANGE

CHANGE    painting by Candace Knapp
          8 inches by 10 inches
 
CHANGE

As I stand here
flutter by wings
alight
in yellow flowers
stilled ... satiated
quietly becoming petals
curled and dropped
as tiny boats
that float down dreams
sinking slowly
and deep
into dark bottom fish
riding unseen currents
rising to become
slithery reflections of light
so bright
in my watchful eye.
What changes?
What stays the same?

SPRING

SPRING     wood sculpture by Candace Knapp       
32 inches x 16 inches x 14 inches   Photo Bjorn Andren



SPRING

It has been raining for days.
Low hanging clouds
drive me down to my roots
to the dark place where it all begins again,
the darkness where diamonds are formed
by intense pressure and solitude.

Here the longing begins,
the longing to emerge,
to see the light of day
and turn it into rainbows.

We never know our own beauty
until it pierces the illusion
like some blade of grass slicing through cement.

All it takes is an unguarded moment
a breath without effort...
And we arise.