Tie Die My Heart

focus upon a happier time in one's life. Even in our dreams we can choose to imagine and newly create how we choose to be. Anytime is the time.

Tie dye my heart- a song of summer. Who else feels this way?

Where is my buzzing bee hive of Fuzzy yellow and black miracle workers? 

Straw and Daisy chains fill my imaginary barn. Waiting dark soil longs to share its power in my dreams.

 

Oh come on, come by, and come here. All this beautiful summer color, warmth and growth bring hope and it has to be shared!

In midst of this world’s roiling chaos nature simply is. It only sings in harmony. It is inclusion. My core is not dismantled nor rejected. 

Lemon yellow finch and its companion visit my little tin pan of water drinking quickly. Birds raise a pleasing chorus. 

Sunlight sends streamers through the air while blue late afternoon sky crescendos. Monarch butterfly beautifully lifts and lilts. 

It’s ok to feel this way. Standing on tiptoe we must not miss the glory.

There you go. I see your smile. Gosh but a grin looks great on you!  

 Hear the joy echoing, circling about, and then rising in the swaying fir trees? Let me find shelter in your sweet gaze. 

Thankfulness rings through this blue sky day while the past drifts into my mind.

The youth of our lives passed so quickly. I remember gentle people with flowers in their hair. Are gentle people still welcome here? Do you remember the songs?

I remember the sixties pouring into the seventies, the hippy movement and the Jesus movement occurring side by side.

 My heart wants to wear colors of hope flashing. Why not be straight on and still a happy hippy Jesus person?

Can it be? Is it even possible? I try to deny it but San Francisco is still my song after all these years. 

The place does nothing for me one way or another but San Francisco was a state of mind at least in the song. Nothing stays the same.

Oh twirling soul and dancing feet. Oh how I love the beat. Tambourines ring while the bells sing.  

Free to be for those in daisy crowns.  Summer felt like a day ongoing, a special occasion.

Looking back to a younger time now we get to choose to rejoice in this life and are we still dancing?

Author's Note

We have a place within our soul where we find inclusion....if we choose to.

Reviews

[Richard Knox]

Thank you for this beautiful poem, Kathy. I am a child of the sixties, too, and often wonder what happened to the commitment to love and equality, inclusion and empowerment, freedom and peace that we all, as hippies (though we never called ourselves that), Jesus people, feminists, war protesters, and civil rights marchers believed in so honestly and passionately? Your writing speaks so eloquently of that. And as we approach another summer, the bees and birds and plants and blossoms, like your poem, give me renewed hope and energy.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Richard Knox,
I think you have a lot of strength as you are capable of seeing it in what someone else tries to share here. thank you for the wonderful way of seeing things which you have given in review. The current political climate is confusing to me. I am use to thinking and speaking from a perspective of personal responsibility not a group blame game with no pondering, thinking, honest communication with a listening ear. We all have differing views I know. One person at a time being accountable to themselves making their own lives better and then giving to others. Hard to give what a person may not have.
Love your review and positive shining feedback.
Bless you much.
Kathy

[Richard Knox]

Thank you.

[Patricia Wedel]

Yes, dear Kathy... we are still dancing... and romancing with flowers and Butterflies. The fuzzy yellow and black Bees still Grace our Garden. I remember being in an Assembly of God Church where they shook Tambourines and said, "Praise the Lord". My three year old daughter was with me and raised her hands, and said "Praise the Lord". It was 1979, and we were "free" to be Spiritual and "Save Lives" by an "Accounting" of who came over our Border. Now the "force of Evil" has taken over and we must Pray day and night for the "force of Good" to prevail. I love the expression "to Tie Dye" our Dreams. I still make an effort to dress in Rainbow Colors.
Tenderly, Pat

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Patricia Wedel,
You review is just so encouraging! To remember joy such as yours is inspiring to as it motivates another soul to look, examine: "Where are my own memories which can build and show where this life is now and where can it go? Thank you Pat this Monday morning as we continue to lift our world to God. It is a broken place but Almighty God is not rocked back on His heels in shock. We all need help and that is the glory cuz that help standing and waiting. 'Here I am".'
Blessings,
PS.
Thanks for coming by again and reminding of the strength in gathering with others this way.
kathy

[KAREN]

Full of magical memories. The poem is full of God's glory and creation.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Karen,
When I enjoy solitude within nature my mind is free to wander. I know that we all need this time to gain strength. Thanks for your edifying response.
Blessings,
Kathy

[KAREN]

You're welcome!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I'm still dancing. I may be limping a bit as I do it but I'm still enjoying the music of life. There is so much beauty and wonder here. Life is full of miracles and everyday manifestations of God's love towards us that the feeling is sometimes so overpowering it brings tears to my eyes and humility to my soul. But Isaiah had the nature of mankind penned down pretty well when he said, "We all growl like bears and moan sadly like doves." Some people are either constantly whining or ranting it seems and there is no peace in them. I catch myself falling into such patterns from time to time and I have to stop and take inventory of my blessings. Nothing can replace peace of mind, heart and spirit and nothing can give that but God. I thoroughly enjoyed the read. Bless. F.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Fabian,
Thanks for this happy monologue. It is something I need to hear more often from within my own mind. You have shown a soul that chooses to look and see, to to even examine life for little nuggets of gold. Yes our design is from a Holy God which will bless those who choose Him. So glad you see the reality of who you can and should be in Christ. His blood has indeed washed away our sins.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Isn't it strange how our weak and squeamish minds often balk at the sight of blood? It matters not if the blood is from uncooked meat we need for nourishment or from the event of birth and placenta. In the blood of Christ we find both nourishment and rebirth. I believe many are just as squeamish at the thought of their salvation because it requires admitting a need that they cannot fill for themselves; a complete dependency for life on the suffering and death of our Lord. But, "Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted. 5But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:5

[Kathy Van Kurin]

God's Word really does cover every thing we need. Jesus death is so wonderful as He is our true life. I love your above explanation. thank you so much for your pondering thoughts and explanation. Yes, Jesus is Lord!
Kathy

[Patricia Wedel]

I went to a College fifty miles North of San Francisco near Napa Valley when I was 19 yrs old. The seasons changed and snow-skiing was not too many miles up North in Squaw Valley in 1959. I visited San Francisco and saw the Cable Cars with a handsome fella from College... and Yes, "I left my Heart in San Francisco..." high on a Hill where little Cable Cars (fly halfway to the Stars)... It is so Bizarre to see what "Time" and Politicians have done (by neglect) to Tony Bennet's City and Song. tenderly, Pat

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Patricia Wedel,
Thank goodness you have wonderful memories of an earlier time. Let that time and place be the reality of what you have known. So tickled to hear your above story. It sounds like you have much good to draw on in your life. Love reading your above review...a little bit of the story of how you got to where you are today. I wish you good today and tomorrow and after that too. Thanks for reading.
Kathy

[Miss Sharon]

I just love the positive vibes I have after reading this beautiful write! (Oh twirling soul and dancing feet. Oh how I love the beat. Tambourines ring while the bells sing. Free to be for those in daisy crowns) What a lovely poetic picture this is! ~Sharon

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Sharon,
I truly enjoyed your kind review and the honest portrayal of how you recieved my little write. it is a comfort to see that we all need one another and have more in common than not. Thanks for being a ray of sunshine here.
Thanks for reading and I wish you good things.
Kathy

[mou]

Kathy, I am smitten by this beautiful imagery.. So gentle, humble yet strong to visualize.. Every reader will get a taste of fresh air while living within the four walls of pandemic.. Thank you for this wonderful write..
-mou

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Mou,
Are you glad our imagination is not limited by walls? I get what you mean though. Where and how can we be free to live and flourish. Thank you for good input.
Blessings,
Kathy

[mou]

Hey, Kathy.. How are you? I was missing you and the writerscafe a lot. Hope you are doing well. Please keep in touch.
- Love from mou.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

I'm good. With life and different things had drifted just a little bit. Now I am trying to come back to this writing community. We shall see. Thanks!

[Neville]

this is simply quite lovely Kathy .. made me feel as if I belong here pinned to this page next to my own personal thank you ..................................... Neville :)

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Neville,
I was thinking of the beauty and goodness of a farm and summertime in writing this one. I know it does not happen by itself but is much work. But summer is full of possibilities.

[Neville]

............. they are indeed endless .. until the fall of course :)

[Kathy Van Kurin]

I am waiting for Spring and the pine cones are too. Ha ha.

[Neville]

you n me both :)

[Sami Khalil]

"Oh come on, come by, and come here. All this beautiful summer color, warmth and growth bring hope and it has to be shared!



In midst of this world’s roiling chaos nature simply is. It only sings in harmony. It is inclusion. My core is not dismantled nor rejected."

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Thank you Sami for adding to the strength you give others in your input-reviews. It is encouraging and even inspiring. I count you as a very valued writer-friend here. I've not been on here as I once was and it is nice to see the niceness of you.
Kathy

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! All wonderful. You are most welcome.

[Haley]

This is such a great piece! Crafting gorgeous imagery while being easy and light to read. I lived in the Bay for several years and while it's not the 70's SF, it once was, it is still a land of inclusion and mostly love.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Haley,
Sounds like your really enjoyed the Bay area. That's nice.I really appreciate your view of a situational and cultural reality which is less than ideal but finding the good in it. I like that!
Blessings,
Kathy