Tag Archives: death

All things Pass -We are Reborn with each Breath

Posted on November 10, 2015 by greenmackenzie

Prayer of the Desperate She had crawled here on her knees Over the sharp broken bones of her life. She had come to bargain with every god she had ever heard named. Bruised clouds closed around the moon Golden … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, poem, spiritual | Tagged challenge, death, hope, illness, life, mindfulness, poetry, recovery, spiritual, trauma | 39 Comments

Beautiful Death

Posted on August 7, 2015 by greenmackenzie

Death, a place feared by most, is given a beautiful home here beneath the sacred mountains of Skye. Lapped by the eternally shifting tides and glittering waves of the ocean, and folded softly beneath a buttercup sea. The soft … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, spiritual | Tagged ancestors, Celtic, change, death, dying, earth, fairy mound, floers, graveyard, Isle of Skye, magic, mindfulness, nature, scotland, spiritual | 30 Comments

Passing

Posted on April 16, 2014 by greenmackenzie

She passed peacefully Despite soft words of comfort Grief rips us open In memory of a dear friend, Ruth, who was cremated today. She made the world a brighter place, and filled it with laughter, mischief and creative passion. She … Continue reading →

Posted in art, change, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, poem, spiritual, verse | Tagged change, death, dusk, grief, Haiku, nature, photography, poetry, spiritual | 32 Comments

Eerie remnants

Posted on November 2, 2013 by greenmackenzie

Tucked against an ancient stone wall, in the crumbling city of the dead, he looms through time. Countless centuries of bones lie white beneath the cold earth, and yet still he stands. Edinburgh’s great and good, reduced to memories of … Continue reading →

Posted in Edinburgh, history, photos, poem, weekly photo challenge | Tagged cemetary, death, Edinburgh, ghosts, Greyfriars, photography, poem, postaday, spooky | 22 Comments

Poppies to remember: Or to forget?

Posted on November 12, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Poppies have always seemed rather cheerful flowers to me, with their vivacious red petals filling my borders with colour year after year. So to me it has always seemed a bit of a misfit with the somber remembrance of the … Continue reading →