ToDay

September 19, 2021September 8, 2021 | Sheree

I’m the grey-green North Sea

tide out

calm and clear;

from the shimmering ripples

spreading out

amongst the glossy seaweed

All of Nature is Connected

September 17, 2021September 3, 2021 | Sheree

In case you’re a kid who doesn’t have the right equipment,
and just in case you’re growing too big for your bones and
have to walk around in second-feet shoes,

take a moment to nestle in the autumn chilled grass,
lean in close, breathe in the slack conker smell and squint.
You might not have a magnifying glass but you can still

recognise kin. Ladybirds, beetles and ants.
Creatures of the earth. Overlooked and taken for granted,
caretake as you learn to nurture yourself into bloom.

How have you managed to stay here?

September 12, 2021August 31, 2021 | Sheree

craving and restless

at a loss

knowing my medicine

and not taking it

to suffer; a tradition passed down

through our bodies

attempting to work against it

sharing time

with water helps to heal

the wounds, silence the cries

Summer Fox

September 9, 2021August 31, 2021 | Sheree

Could I be as cute and cunning as a fox, I giggle into another snapshot filter.

Happy in my play and disregard for others’ opinions.

His eyes are open and still. I think he’s a he, slight and young. Pointy nose with white frosting.

The rest of him is a dull orange red.

So whole and perfect and dead.

Lying on his side at the edge of the motorway, four legs sticking straight out as if ready to bounce back onto, after playing dead.

I feel guilty. I didn’t hit him. He was already dead when I flew by in Summer, my metallic orange Susuki Splash, honest.

But when I see him dead as clear as day, I feel shame at my mini Snapchat film and buying into the cunning as a fox stereotype of fairytales.

My heart stays in my throat for the whole day.
Why did he have to die, such beauty and no blood?

Autumn Walk

September 8, 2021 | Sheree

This is my season.

I love this time of year. Autumn is my birth season and it’s when I shine. There’s that ‘back-to-school’ feeling accompanied by the change in energy and light. There’s a bubbling of anticipation as the landscape is on the turn. Transformation is possible.

I lean into the season by getting outside into nature as much as possible. Usually when the schools go back , we can enjoy a few weeks of sunshine, a late summer roll out of heat before the temperatures drop.

September is also a good month also to enjoy sea swimming as this is as warm as it’s going to get, The North Sea, after storing some of the summer’s warmth. The water can be so clear sometimes, calm and still.

This transitional season is beautiful because where there is life there is also decay and death. The late blooming flowers still have some joy to give. At the same time as the berries are bursting out of brambles and bushes. Leaves begin to turn colour, to collect in brown bundles. A time to harvest those seeds we planted in spring. A time to count our blessings and give thanks.

Happy Autumn x