Author: ruramisai – theanimist

  • They say the personal force around each creature on this planet is all woo-woo stuff.There’s no hard science to test and/or prove such an aura…

  • When words fail me,As they do in this moment at the height of summer,All I have is gratitude:For air, water, fire, earth, and the gravity…

  • In the southern hemisphere of my birth,The sun, as humans like to say, Is going away for the winter.Prepare for the wind and its rigors.In…

  • Winter’s exacting rigor slowly/ cedes the stage to spring’s imperative to multiply/ the soul’s meager reserves!Spring hints at its eagerness to take the stage/ showing…

  • In the stillness of this moment,I am grateful.For the frozen ground, which I called namesAs I slid and landed on my bellyScowling then gurgling with…

  • I know I may not deserveAnother yearBut I will accept itAnd say YES to this one, too.Again. Thank you!I may not have deservedAll the family…

  • if i do not know myselfi cannot know YouBut I thank You for being my teacherRutendo/I am grateful.Soon enough, my human kind and Iwill be…

  • The mid-day brooding skygives way to a shaft of light,transfiguring my equally brooding mindas it reluctantly lets goof the moan of despaircaught in my throat,…

  • I am of the Owl clan, among my kind.I work best at night when all is quite, contemplative.Granted, I need humanmade light for my eyesThat…

  • The last time I looked up the sky, the Moon was rising, with an attitude to boot. But then again, was it the Moon rising…