Quotes from Scott Hastie

The searing light of morning Asks unwelcome questions, Fragile hopes soon blistered by daylight.

A hallowed frequency withinThat, even in your darkest hour, You can always turn to.

For every moment of suffering, Others will arriveThat will instead pierce you with joy.

We too can repair our cracks with goldAnd glow again.Crazed by life, More beautiful than ever before.

Everyday can be extraordinaryAnd ripe, Like a flower burst, If the will is there.

To have been where you have beenAnd to still have joy, Dazzling in your heart, Now there's a thing to make the whole world smile.

The smiles of ancient soulsThat bless this, Our space to live and learnAnd urge us on to shine again…

The gilded spiralOf longings within.Our very own cathedralThat points persistently to heaven.

I am sad, like the hot dust on the streetsAnd the music of fresh fallen leavesCaught in a sliding summer breeze.

There can be no law of nature, no science, No aberrant infliction of human willThat unchained the soul cannot conquer, Simply sweep away, should it chose to.

I am just like you, Destined to play my part.And leave, In the nature of my departure at least, Some kind of sweet message behindIn the fathomless pattern I make.

Life, wherever it leads, Will always be the same, It begs for the best of you.

I knew such a woman once, She gave me everything.Her love like a soft riot singing, She knew how to shine.

Together we all live every moment On the very brink; The razor's edge Of ecstasy or disaster.

Birth our night into dayAnd bathe it clean, So that beloved things can glowTogether in a litter of light.

Mislaid flame of tender emotionsRekindled.Together we live to the point of tears, I wouldn't want it any other way.

When in love or inspired, An eternal kiss from the divineAwaits us all.

Soothing the exhaustionIn my soul, So I can fall back skyward, Safe in your arms, And survive to dream again.

A stream of primal voicesWhispering in the breeze of your heartTo urge you on.

Be content to love, to dazzle in the light, If only for moments…And then be gone, With gladness in your heart, Before the creeping shadowsClaim too much your sadness at leaving.

Sublime moments refracted, Even if only for seconds, Caught forever in your soul.

Where once there was a void, Now at least there are Seeds of splendour, Becalmed belief for another time.

Ultimately not one amongst usWill ever be denied that, The glimmer of a chance to shine.

Be brave enough to never yearnFor that you cannot hold closeIn your heart forever.Tread lightly, cherish compassionAnd live in the moment without fear.