March 11 2017:
“The one supporting the many,
The many supporting the one,
This interdependent relationship you share
A lost art to we.
It’s clear to see,
The disconnect coming forth,
When the wild is taken from you,
Mirrored in the forests
Of the society of we.
Oh Mother, what a sweet
And beautiful teacher you Be.”
~2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature
“You know me so well,
Mirroring life as it is lived.
Sometimes up,
Sometimes down.
And sometimes the journey
is smooth and level.
Oh, beautiful Mother Earth
We make a great team.
Mirroring for one another
Verily, verily, me make a great ONE.” ~2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature
“Like a gentle breeze
Moves through you,
You move through
The clouds of my soul,
Revealing the truth
Obscured by living
A life of illusion.
By the grace of You
I can see clearly now.” -2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature
March 4 2017:
“It inspires me.” ~Lillian Darnell
Lillian asked this morning why I had not posted anything in an Arts facebook group lately. I explained that I have so much on my to do list. Also, that I felt my poems and nature photography were not inspiring and healing to those within the group.
She then suggested instagram. I explained that it did seem to be more meaningful to those who see them on instagram, yet it takes so long to post combining the photo, the poem and the tags.
She then said, “Your poems and photography inspire me.”
Thank you Lillian for reminding me that what I create is divinely inspired. The creations will touch who they are meant to touch when they are meant to touch. And, I do not need to hear that this has been so.
Walks of clarity
Walks of peace
Walking for no reason
Walking to get no where
This is the walking
Of which I speak and write.
These are the walks
That become what
One most needs
In the moment.
The walking becomes
The teacher and
Nature the classroom. -2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature
“A wandering I shall go
Your beauty entices me
Deeper and deeper
I must go.
For time spent
with you is cleansing.
As water rinses the dirt
from this body, so
You rinse the
mind and body
of illusions
Step after step
your beauty mixes love with the intellect
For what is the intellect alone
if not first passed
through the heart of divine love.” -2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature
“The eye cannot
Conceive the miracle
It beholds.
The beauty surpasses
The knowing of
The senses.
The heart knows.
Hallaleua!
The heart knows.
The heart remembers
How to fly
Into the mystic.
Delivering remembrance
To every cell
Returning us to
and revealing the oneness
Of all.” -2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature
February 3 2017:
Feeling incredibly blessed … What a beautiful confirmation to have waiting for me as I got online.
I am deeply grateful to have found this community with which to share my nature inspired poetry. Made my eyes sweat with joy …
Thank you to Thomas for taking this picture of me; which I feel exudes freedom …
Free to Be Me and Free to Be You …. xoxo
https://womenspiritualpoetry.blogspot.com/2017/02/free-to-be-you-by-camilla-downs.html
And out of the darkness
We shall emerge.
A darkness that
Has been necessary.
A vital and pivotal point
Of confronting the
Shadows within.
For to have more
Than brief glimpses
Of the light,
This acceptance, forgiveness,
And dissolution of shadows
Must be met.
As what awaits is
The eternity of light and love,
Ever there, ever lovingly
And patiently waiting
To welcome us home.” -2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature
“The world slows
Time nearly stops
And I see.
I see your differences
I see the contrast.
I see what you impart.
You shine light
Upon the harmony of nature
So that I may see the
Oneness of nature and
The oneness of humanity
I am held in your loving
Embrace to have the all of all
Poured into my open heart.
And I say, yes, I see and
I will share and shine the light.” -2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature