Down Under

As a lay back in the
buoyant salty water
i felt as if i was
being coddled by
the turquoise sea
I look up and to
see the blue sky
with puffy white
clouds, the water
messaging my back
from side to side,
i dove back down
into another world
under the sea as a
stingray goes under
me, big, not intimidated
it brushed against me
feeling smooth, a
barracuda visits, curiously
staying long enough
for me to snap a picture.
There is so much to
see, down under the
beautiful sea

Peace

Peace is to me an inner
attitude that you can enjoy
when you've learned to
silence your incessant dialogue
it is not dependent on what
your surroundings look like
or a silent environment. Being
peace is different from looking
for peace. When you learn to be
an energy of peace, attracting
serene, harmonious thoughts
and beings, you will become peace.
You cannot get it from anything
or anyone else

Beautiful People

Besides the obvious beauty
of the island there is something
i did not expect, the beauty of
the people who live there.
There kind nature draws you
to them, the you are astounded
at the wisdom, there happiness
at just being. They do not have
stress, they do what they can
and leave the rest. They are a
people of faith, family and
hard work, healthy because
they have gardens of vegetables
trees of fruit, organic meat.
Slow paced, never take the
beauty around them for granted
excitement in there manor as
they show off there culture.
I took away from this island
the promise to myself, slow
down, see the beauty, real
beauty!