The briefest glimpse back
Before finding the stillness
In moving forward
Before finding the stillness
In moving forward
Author: Patrick Jennings
I travel, when I can. Write, when inspired. Photograph, where there's beauty.
Oh, and I play a decent didjiridu.
Waiting ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #207
He waits
In silent patience
For orders
From the terrace
While a surreptitious lens
Captures his composure
In silent patience
For orders
From the terrace
While a surreptitious lens
Captures his composure
Depth ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #206
I leave the depths unplumbed
Fearful of its denizens
Unaware
All my fears
I carry on my shoulders
A smothering weight
Fearful of its denizens
Unaware
All my fears
I carry on my shoulders
A smothering weight
Take a breath, my son
Take a breath
Sit with the present
What you fear
Is already past
Or has not come
That is all your dour spelunking
Will ever find
So long as you believe
The depths are darkness
Be not your mind
But mindful
Open your heart
For in its depths
Is always light
I leave the depths unplumbed
Take a breath
Quiet my mind
And from the depths rises
The light that is love
Cracks ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #205
I only noticed the cracks in my armour
As the blow came down
As the blow came down
Beaten
Vulnerable
I rose, vowing not to be struck again
Opting for the only defense remaining
Offense
Such Worlds as This
I listen
To those who tell me
How the world is
How the world is as it is
To those who tell me
How the world is
How the world is as it is
How disturbingly dark and broken
Some of these worlds are
How maliciously cruel
And though I know such worlds exist
In their hearts and in their deeds
I know I have never set foot in such a world
Valley of Lassitude
From the valley floor
Yearn for the peaks
And high mountain passes
Yearn for the peaks
And high mountain passes
Though the paths I see
Attain neither peak nor pass
Trapped in this valley of lassitude
Walking ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #204
The path is wide enough to share
I need not walk alone
I need not walk alone
Play ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #203
I recall the world
Through my child-eyes
To see all the world
Is play
Through my child-eyes
To see all the world
Is play
Mothers ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #202
When I was a child
There was always a hand
Within my reach
There was always a hand
Within my reach
When I needed reassurance
Or wandered too close to peril
To share the warmth of a loving gesture
Be supportive to others
Defend the vulnerable
Love unconditionally
Defend the vulnerable
Love unconditionally
The subtle lessons
A mother teaches her child
With unconscious intention
Her giving hand
Always at the ready
For mine to grasp
Fractured ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #201
All these moments
Become fractured memories
Altered with time
Become fractured memories
Altered with time
In a mind
Bent on manipulating them
To serve the present
Pix to Words 