Why

I don't know
why..
birds migrate 

and rivers run
dry..

why fate unfolds
like a story
told..

of rising high; 

falling low 
rising high.. 

I don't know why.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Home Within

A refuge..
where tensions dissolve
truth is spoken
and conflict
resolves..

where wounds heal
harmony returns
and the soul
reveals..

hearth and heart
are akin..

I'm home
within.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: Poems from the Universe

Charade

Oh... the charade
of humanity;
the treachery 

hubris
all that is..

can we feel
are we alive..

will our hearts break
enough

to survive.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: Poems from the Universe

A Pebble

So here I am..

my ragged
edges
made smooth; softened
by life's jagged touch

like a pebble plunged
through the rocky flow..

knowing nothing
for sure

though the water
is pure.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: Poems from the Universe

Breath

I draw a breath
a breath of sorrow
a breath
sublime..

a breath
where solitude
and wholeness
combine..

I draw a breath

this breath
divine.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: Poems from the Universe

Overflowing

Someday
soon
all hearts
will beat
in time..

our energy
combined
will overflow..

overthrow

all
that carves
our human
sorrows..

reclaim
our children’s
lost tomorrows.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Gentle

The gentle breeze
of our soul
bathes
all doubt

in whispers
of
truth..

our storm
shouts
loudly
of
nothing.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: Poems from the Universe

One

Will truth and love
call us
onwards..

towards
a higher
bliss..

becoming
one

with all
that
is..

this beautiful
abyss.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Dust

In the end
none of this
will matter..

the doing
the undoing..

the scattered
energy
of our being..

just
a spec
of dust

in the cosmos.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Life’s Terrain

A child
in life’s terrain;
I stumble
and fall..

blaming
no one..

darkness
cannot
bind me..

light
will always

find me.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Deeper

Deep
within
my being..

deeper
than any sorrow
or blind
non-seeing..

I find..

the resilience
of love..

the innocence
of love.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss