Travel Stories: Burning Man 2019 ~ Metamorphosis

Four failed attempts to attend and the fifth year set itself up with little to no effort - friends found the ticket, gifted camping, and arranged carpool. I drove seven hours straight, traded spots, fell asleep, and woke up at 4am at the entrance into The Playa. The dust was surprisingly soft as I laid …

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Transcending

Stop, just for a breath Define all that you are in a single moment Attempt to grasp the unfathomable Intertwining worlds No language barriers for wide eyed grinning faces gifting the sweetest embraces The Temple drops bodies to knees Emotional rollercoaster People teeter tottering on the edge of obliteration Deliver a hug, revive a life …

Grasping Fantasies

Illusions, reality indistinguishable 300-foot-tall dust devils towering over ant size beings pirouetting across soft desert Burning man Firework backdrop This can’t be made up even with the barest imagination Innocently naked comfortable in skin All we’ve ever known before All now has changed Black Rock City Floating fluffy transparent clouds of a dusty dream   …

Powdered Visualizations

Caked in alkaline Dust in peculiar places Neon bleeds tangerines kisses Suspended bouncy merry go round Seize a garment if you can Disco roller rink, electric lemonade Big rig hammock pumping ten Enclosed trampoline realm Metal lustrous structures Finicky steps to summit Lone escapades learning to say ‘yes’ Sip the Playa’s decadent nectar Surrender to …

Chain Reaction

Pinpoint your freedoms Pure releases dropkicking masses off fatigued shoulders Let them nurture you Bloom an inner peace so prevailing it illuminates outward leaving a permanent glow on dull humanities rippling through glassy waters positively charging daily contacts A sole moment shifting forever’s   - Breelyn Shelkey

Rule of Thumb

If it makes you question Feel flocks of eagles slashing stomach walls Take quick action and ghost closest emergency exit   False.   Peek that fireball across the room lightening fueled to thunder worlds Two options: 1.Take it   2. Leave it But you can be sure it won’t present itself again   Thoughts of ‘what …

Spark

Sliding glass door open wide Wind tickles leaves, they whisper us Dusk Pinot Noir legs dance on crystal Heels pirouetting on cream tile Childish with laughter, stupid in love A world cloaked in gold shimmer   Sunrises carry new adventures Roasted coffee amplifying pupils Apricot stained sandstone A gentle squeeze draws browns to blues The …

Dynasty

Family Each unique challenging one of a kind affiliate Requesting precise attention without verbalizing Unusual love Reciprocating inversely   The trick: Finding the balance What does each require from you? What can be contributed to their success and wellbeing? What can be achieved together?   Blood linked varying versions Kindled offspring beautifully offset obliviously lucky …

Travel Stories: Calgary & Banff, Alberta Canada

Mother and Daughter Annual Trip 2019 - We began doing these annual trips over seven years ago. Wow, how lucky are we to have seven years of exploring and traveling together as mother and daughter?! It is rare for a city to have an immediate positive effect on me, especially on the first day. Calgary was …

up in the air

Commonplace events can be unnerving if not practiced on a regular basis I have found flying to be one of those things   Over thirty thousand feet up A gut-wrenching realization squeezes the wind out of me dazed and dizzy Surrounding mumbling passengers comfortably unaffected   Every takeoff of every gapped trip postponed vacations feels …

Travel Stories: 9 Days in Costa Rica

Peering out the airplane window as the plane was descending, my eyes were met with gray clouds, lightening, and heavy rain. My first thought was that the weather forecast was correct, and my brother and I were going to have nonstop rain for the duration of our trip. This was something we had planned, packed, …

Straighten Up

Existence is magic It’s a beautiful time World of wonders I hope you catch a glimpse Don’t let it pass by The good old days is the saddest of sayings True heartbreak lies in time lost Steal all the seconds breathe them in Inhale experiences like fresh air gasping for more as if your life …

Unravel

We have allowed countless minutes hours sections of days slip away to underserving miniscule irritants.   What are these silly little occurrences stealing smiles? How do they hold this much power over our lives?   Breathe in Let it all go one exhale Take the wheel straighten out hit the gas see it fade in …

Best Sipped Slow

This matcha tastes like dirt Pure Grainy Bitter It is all I desire for human connection Raw Earthy Uncensored   This matcha is all I crave for you An unguarded flair to disclose delicate secrets Fearlessly To find rare angels open for love Exposing honesties Acquiescent Damaged but healed   This matcha tastes of truth …

Wishing on Worlds

There is a world People aware of surroundings Acknowledging strangers Discussing dreams Altering attitudes Preserving peace   There is a world cared by all No laws No rules No need for regulations Overflowing genuine reciprocity   There is a world it could be ours But our world survived through screens has this false mentality the …