“I am,

I am life,

life is me.

Not ego,

not my job,

not my house,

my country,

or my spouse.

I am nature,

I am space,

I am stillness.

A miracle.

My heart beats,

my lungs breathe,

my hand writes,

my eyes see.

My, what is my?

If this is mine, what is yours?

I have nothing to behold.

One day here,

One day gone.

There is no mine and yours,

just one.”

Awakening - 2022 - Mandy Blake

I look in the mirror,

who is this person, this body?

The blossoming of a perfect flower,

the falling of its graceful petals

Once radiant life,

on the turn, to return to where it all began.

My blue eyes look back, distant, cold.

Who is in there? Is that my soul?

Beyond - 2022 - Mandy Blake

Worry and life stops.

Worry is death.

While life passes you by.

Caught in a trap.

Tears in your eyes.

While you lose your days.

Caught in a haze.

Don't worry about death.

Don't worry about life.

Live for the moment.

Enjoy each breath.

Breathe that air.

Smell that flower.

Lavish that rain,

and the warmth of the sun.

Before it has gone.

Don’t Worry - 2023 - Mandy Blake

What is life?

True life.

The life that grabs you,

and sings to you.

I want this life.

Life - 2023 - Mandy Blake