Lines in the sand

Lines are drawn in the sand
The sand shifts
The lines move
An intricate pattern emerges
Not of my making
I am bound none the less
Duty, responsibility
The sand is part of me
I let them form as they did
Not realizing the impact
Gradual as the shifting may have been
Magnified over time
Anger, resentment
Decades have pasted since the first grain fell
How many are left before the pattern is complete?
How long until the pattern cannot be undone?
Can it be cleared away as in sand on a beach?
Let the tide take it away
Washed clean until the next pattern begins
A new pattern
A new artist
A new life


These lines in the sand start as a confrontational mark, the classic line but shifted into a life pattern. Bound like a demon in a pentagram. I now reconsider the end, washed away, perhaps I should talk about nudging them where I want them as if a redo is not really what is needed. I know why it is desired though, a redo would feel like a whole new life starting.


Interesting, pentacles...I wrote this a week ago. I requested a friend pull a tarot card for me without any knowledge of any of my issues except what may have been read here, a couple of days ago. Ten of pentacles, reversed. For any who know the cards the meaning is pretty accurate as it ties business and family together in my case. The reverse is not so much a reversal of the meaning as a diminishing of the good energy implied by the card, roadblocks and delays as opposed to failure. Even if the reverse orientation meant reversal of fortune I would choose otherwise.

I don't choose to put much stock in the cards or the readings, accurate they may be they will not change the course of my life. Perhaps if taken seriously they can, at the very least, give people cause to stop and consider their life direction. While the cards may or may not give true direction they can lead the individual to come to their own conclusions with respect to that part of their life that the reading may pertain to. That is not such a bad thing.


For myself, I have found my center and therefore my direction can only be true. Where else can you go once you pause to consider which direction to take from there?


"I am the center of my circle of life and from that point I cannot err."

Jeff.