The End of Fear: Happiness in Traveling the World Daily Prompt: Happiness and the End Crossing from one side to the next Feeding my wanderlust fix Through wide open doors I move For my restless soul to console Fears of flight deeply kneaded in my being But my […]
Ashes To Earth: May you Rest Peacefully in the Water Daily Prompt: Water Ashes of life, of a good humble life, glisten in the stream. The brightness of your love carries me forth through my dreams To a paradise your spirit goes, coming up against the softened rocks […]
The world spins While many rest indoors And you wrestle outside with your demons and sores Longing for sleep To breathe in the deep seated cool air Holding up your being with a flicker of the fingers Startled by the thought of loss You need a deep […]
Locked inside a tired and mired icy mind Contemplating the webbed intricacies of lies Pronouncements of grandeur do not create truths Even with a hungry devouring cadre of sweet tooth The coiled screen will no longer filter Come as you are to face the raging […]
Your love should have been an oasis But I was no savior And you’re rage was cold Idyllic walks up the hills Were nothing but handful of bitter pills And slippery slopes There was no steadiness Just a constant fear of sudden rumblings Waiting for the […]
I was born to travel and experience new sights. I was not made, however, for airplane travel, but that is what it is. Another year has gone by and my airline miles continue to build up. However, I do not quite understand why my American Airlines miles get […]
Since I was a wee bit one, my mom would read poems to me. She loved William Blake above all else. I’m not too sure Blake’s poetry was readily understood by my young developing brain. However, my mind did gain an appreciation for words, cadence and overall rhythm. […]
I was once scared and vain Didn’t know what to expect Didn’t think I could make it through the pain There were no stories of lore To fully prepare for such a fiery love effect That radiantly gleams like a gold doubloon on the ocean floor Like a […]
A tightly bound and weary heaving chest Run, run, run Deeply seated fear will be a permanently housed guest To seek the mythological bay of rainbows Run, run, run Flames will rise from the abscessed torso Tackling a long-dreamed of expedition Run, run, run The fingertips […]
Rolling slowly, cautiously Rolling with a hundred and one pounding heartbeats Rolling wildly, furiously The ups and downs of the ideals clash Racing towards a pile up crash Rolling steadily, mightily Rolling with a grand plan to beat the heartless Rolling, majestically, heroically […]