Bluebird

Bluebird,

as you fold

your wings,

the wind rustles

your feathers,

your mind is still.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2020

Singing

Singing the song of plum & lilac,

Suspended in a glistening moment,

Balancing on the edge of nectar.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2020

Grief Flying

Reaching for the unknown

with open water

reflected in our eyes.

Grief flying our wings...

each muscle burning...

Burning sorrow

into flight.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

 Wizards Awakening

Wizards awakening

Flashes of red and black

Stirring the heart

With collective fervor

And the call of wisdom

By Akiba & Maryam Mermey Copyright © 2019

Landing 

Soft, milkweed feathers

inner feathers,

a seashell 

in the air. 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2019

Keeping Good Company

Lumious feathers,

The soul~reaching kind...

and an eye 

that keeps company

with the truth.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2019

Feathers & Dreams

Feathers & dreams

softly listening

to the heartbeat of the tree...

ensouled in its rough bark.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2019

To Be Broken Open

To breathe in the morning sunrise

to be broken open

by the music of its glow...

to dance

in the fire!

Photopoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2019

Views of transcendent Mandalas by the participants of the Healing Glass Mandalas class in the Prevention & Healthy Living Program at Maine/General Hospital in Augusta, Maine.

Ancestors

Rolling,

playing in the clouds,

ancestors letting me know,

they will always

be with me.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

Calls of the Wild

Writing poems

like giving birth

is a messy process...

Surrendering

to the Calls

of the Wild.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

Beyond the Sedge Grass

Beyond the sedge grass

beyond the clan

beyond the glaciers...

I am one

with all life.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019