The Staples of Life

It's a mystery how the Willow forgives,

How the Oak provides,

How the Maple illuminates...

Illuminates my soul.

There is beauty all around us.

Sweet green shade for me

Leaves a blanket of warmth for

The growing seedlings in the

Darkest days of Winter.

Standing alone they are

Joined beneath the rich

Black soil interlocked root to root.

The beauty is too much for me!

I can't stand it!

Smells of wood and fern beckon me.

Rough bark with fuzzy soft pussies entice me.

Home to furry critters and winged neighbors invite me.

Here is where I am MOST at Home

Love Me

Does my love frighten you? It shouldn't. I am the gentle breeze that
waves through the trees, I am the soft kitten searching for your
warmth in the night.

Does my stare bother you? I find your beauty breathtaking. I just
want to see you, feel you, breathe you into my soul.

Does my desire intimidate you? I am strong and expressive. I have
many stories to tell you.

Don't be withdrawn from me. Let me show you the wonderment that is
Love!

Private Moments

Soft wet tongue tasting my naked bady. You creep

slowly like a snake sliding

long, from in between my legs, my breast, my neck

to my waiting, open mouth. You slide your

tongue inside

Oh!

We kiss, suck, kiss, lick, kiss, suck..serious

Do it again!

I can't keep my mouth off of you. I can't!

I want to kiss you like this all night long. All over.

You can't keep your hands off of my body.

Your touch is soft, always smooth and loving.

The Sleeping Stage

Autumn breeze

Children sneeze

Geese leave

Pies to warm you

Browns and reds and yellows all around you

Gray mist on morning dew

Silver buckles near bended knees

Yummy things from sleepy trees

Leaves crick crackle under red clogs

Moon glistiens on silent bogs

V formations

Fall vacations

Rake and jump, rake and jump, rake and jump!

Winter Morning Blue

Winter Morning Blue

This is the time of day only a precious few get to see.

It's all around you, this Blue

like indigo meets blueberries on ice.

Quiet, calm. The Earth wakes in this First Light

Paw prints in the snow tell of visitors roaming the night.

The Sun is up but not out,

Do you know this blue?

It's first love's new Blue.

It's the "Wake up, I want more of you." Blue

It's the baby's early morning cry Blue. 

It's the night shift is over Blue.

Do you know this Blue?

Birds fly in search of first food Blue

Deer wake to walk the Earth with their young Blue

Cats curl up near your warm beating heart Blue.

Mother of two gets time to herself Blue.

You know this Blue.


Poem and pictures
 by Rongina Victoria

Embrace Yourself

I embrace my wisdom

I embrace my womanhood

I embrace my motherhood

I embrace my faults

I embrace my strengths 

I embrace my creativity

I embrace my humor

Love yourself. 

Walk peacefully among the Earth. 

Notice Her power.

How lucky you are.

The Beast

It was the darkest day ever.
The rain clouds above didn't stop us from walking into the woods to Ned and Susan's yard which we do everyday to eat. As we walked toward Susan's garden, Charlotte thought she saw a shadow. "What's that? Did you see that?" she whined. "No." I said. I was too busy eating what was left in Susan's garden from the summer to worry about some random shadow. Charlotte sees all kinds of things and gets frightened easily but today she looked more worried then usual. I tried to calm her fears by relocating our picnic to the Anderson yard for more sweet leftovers they might have abandoned. As I walk through the rocky path I noticed that Charlotte was quiet behind me. I turned to look and saw that Charlotte was not there, she was gone.

"Charlotte?... Charlotte?" I called "Where are you?" Nothing. Then I saw her. She was hiding in the bushed down low in the leaves. She had a look of horror on her face as she tried to warn me with her eyes but it was too late. He came charging out of the woods at me. Top speed! In a flash I was running in the opposite direction! He ran at me with hunger and greed in his eyes. I knew what he wanted. "They all want it. They can smell it so be careful." Charlotte would say back in the better days before Falcon and the others came to live with us. We were all together. Peanut, Gwen, Alexandra, Babs, Eleanor and me and Charlotte when we were younger. Charlotte didn't always live with us either. She came soon after my real sister died of the fever and ever since I can remember she has been like a big sister to me. We are very similar she and I and we are always together but at this moment in my life I was alone. As I ran for cover I heard Charlotte cry, "Over here!" she yelled. The beast was hot on my heals, his dripping wet mouth oozing with saliva. I knew it was only a matter of time before he would catch and kill me. Charlotte cries again from the bushes and caught the attention of the beast who stopped dead in his tracks and without warning ran the other way towards her. I slide under a small pine tree and watched him chase her around the yard.

He grabbed her back and yanked at her neck. Charlotte let out cries I've never heard before. I was scared for her safety but I didn't DEAR move for fear that the beast might become attracted to me once again. I was going to stay put! Charlotte has always told me to keep safe no matter what. "Don't move!" She yelled "Don't move!" Without words, without sound, I didn't move. Some people came running to save us. One man scooped up the beast and took him away. Just like that the beast was gone! Charlotte needed help. I heard Everybody yelling at the children to pick her up but they didn't. They never listen to Everybody. Sometimes the boy does and brings us over to Everybody who always rubs our heads with joy and pleasure in every pat. I like that. I like them. I'm a people person but not Charlotte. She never was. By the time Everybody got to Charlotte she was sitting in the grass shaking. She let someone pick her up to take her away. I don't know what happened to her, I was too scared to move. I hear Charlotte's voice in my head ,"Stay put Penny, don't move." The sun was moving faster and faster into it's setting position when I heard The Man who feeds us calling my name. "Penny!" Penny he called. I didn't move. The children were also calling me.

Then Everybody started calling me from the right I looked and saw her walking around Ned's yard holding a cup of food for me. I heard The Man's voice faded on the left. The children's voices also faced. As Everybody grew closer I heard my food shake shaking in the cup. Everybody has a way of getting folks to come by using food as a means of temptation. Shake shake shake...."FOOD!" I want to eat. Everybody got closer and closer to me under that pine tree and shook the cup again saying, "Penny, where are you? Come out." Off in the distant I heard people calling my name and I thought maybe it was safe to come out, maybe the beast was gone after all. Maybe it would be okay to come out. Everybody poured some food on the ground and I ran out of my hiding place to eat. She let me take a few bites then she picked me up. I wasn't scared anymore. I was safe in Everybody's arms. As she walked me back to the chicken coop I saw Charlotte waiting for me at the bottom of the ramp.

Everybody inspected my legs and checked my body and wings for marks from the beast and placed me next to my waiting friend. Charlotte looked at me and said, "Are you okay?" "I'm fine." I said. "I was so worried about you. I saw him get you. What WAS that beast?" I looked into her small brown eyes and she said, "I think it was a dog." "Well, thanks for saving my life." I told her. "Anything for my sister." she said. We walked up the ramp together. Everybody closed the door behind us.
Falcon's call to end the day was like music to my ears. I was safe, I was home.