My Secret Path

The cracked rock

caught my attention,

An entrance!

I hiked this trail 

many times

but never saw this path.

Now a new road,

available, just...

for me to discover.

BeaNspiration:  Observe carefully, so you don't lose your way!

Prickly Pear Cactus

I love Cactus!  There's something about life that survives the desert.   In my mind I see the desert as it once was.  Barren, burning and freezing, yet teeming with those survivors everywhere.  This poem came out of my wanderings through California deserts.  So diverse and yet there's something about the desert...

Prickly Pear Cactus

I am a cactus

with slanted eyes

The red fruit 

bears little resemblance

to other places

It is my heart,

born in this desert,

fortified by the hot soil

I do belong here! 

BeaNspiration: Scanning the horizon for Inspiration!!!!!!