Two Poems by Janet Rice Carnahan

DEPTH

 

Pure heart beating,

In our cells,

Already knows,

Deepest call,

Of the eternal constant,

Pulsating on,

Ebbing flow,

Of life,

Present in all its glory,

Purity of story,

An endless force,

One cannot help but feel,

Thereby always knowing,

Primordial answers,

To why we are here,

And further,

Where we will return,

When time here,

Begins to fade,

Like a deeply hummed song,

On its final long winded note,

As if cradled by the tides of love,

Never outside the carriage,

Of all things seen and unseen,

Just known,

Into our depths,

Like the ever constant sea,

Of delightful, mysterious . . .

 

Delicious change!

 

 

 

EMBODIMENT

 

Our souls call to the sea,

Not to view,

What we are not,

Rather to align,

With what we are,

To the core,

Life’s very survival!

Our body’s containment of water,

Reminding our minds,

To stay fluid and flexible,

Like any form of water must,

To avoid stagnation,

Not to dry out,

Or be swallowed whole,

Ceasing its place here,

Perishing the very point,

Of its very existence,

Ebbing away,

Into some sad cave,

Of dried remains,

Not to be seen,

Heard from,

Or known again!

Water within us and surrounding us,

Simply cannot die,

For if it does,

We would most certainly,

Drain away,

Go right out with it,

Into a dusty demise,

Leaving no trace,

Of our living potential,

Which beckons us,

To stay ever mindful,

Of going, growing and glowing,

With the flow of life,

In every movement,

Of its ever increasing . . .

 

Endless expanse!

 

 

 

Janet Rice Carnahan comes from a large family on the California coast. Growing up in Santa Cruz, she spent a lifetime of family summers at Lake Tahoe! Water’s fluid beauty reflects the dancing music for her muse. Janet’s love of water is her life! After a twenty year career in Early Childhood Education, culminating in owning and creating the first privately run nationally accredited preschool in Nevada, Janet’s love of writing expanded beyond the days of reading Dr. Seuss to her two children, Courtney, now a married social worker in Denver, Colorado and Scott, a recent graduate of Brooks Film Institute, living in LA. The study of human nature continues to fascinate Janet after receiving three college degrees in related fields of study. Her poems have now been published in “Prompted: An International Collection of Poems” and in “Pyrokinection”, an online poetry site. Currently living in Laguna Beach, California with husband, Bruce, a retired physicist, Janet continues to blend her poetry and photography with a deep love of the ocean. Creating a harmonious life touching nature . . . an endless source of joy!