Earth Pathways Showcase

I’m shedding my skin
It’s time to begin
I’ve been hiding away
Discarding old disguises
Getting ready to emerge anew
The stillness before the busyness
The calm before the storm

But now my blood is pumping
Flesh plumping
I’m ready for the balmy sun
To warm me
Call me into being
Release my potent power
The time is right
This is the hour

Skin © Vici Hoban Read 2023

The air is thinner
Light, more golden
Breathe in – can you feel it?
Warmer, brighter
Clearer, lighter

Buds bulge
Chinks of colour
Sleepy eyes opening
Shoots stir, roots reach

Winds churn
As Winter and Spring
Dance side by side
Tangling together
Like sheets on a line

Sunlight swells and smiles
Long nights bid goodbye
Ships that pass
Fleeting friends
As one begins
The other ends

The Turning © Vici Hoban Read 2023

If not now, when?
This time will never come again
Look back at moments past
When will be our last?
Stand still on this earth
Close your ears
To fears of tomorrow
Or doubts about your worth
Lay down your busy stuff
And take the hands of others
Who may be waiting for you
Without knowing
What they are waiting for
Don’t hold back living any more
The time is always now

Now © Vici Hoban Read 2022

Trees
Breezes
Air to breathe
Birdsong
Never silence
Always calm
The energy shifts
Grounded
We arrive

We simplify ourselves
No props
No walls
Just each other
Unfettered
Together
In green
In space
In time
In sync

In Green © Vici Hoban Read 2021