No matter the depth
Of the blue I fall into
There is light above
And a vibrancy of life
I can climb to
Of the blue I fall into
There is light above
And a vibrancy of life
I can climb to
Category: Landscape
The will to move
When I look back
At all the worlds
I’ve left behind
On journeys past
At all the worlds
I’ve left behind
On journeys past
Some with regret
And, some, disdain
Though most with neither
This nor that
I think not
Of the world I’m in
The present
Not this very day
But all the worlds
I’ve yet to see
Which will also
Fall behind
Looking Back ~ A Year of Pic and a Word
I like to glance back
At the path I’ve travelled
To learn from trials and failures
From adventures and successes
And celebrate them all
At the path I’ve travelled
To learn from trials and failures
From adventures and successes
And celebrate them all
Then I turn forward
Take the next step
With a clearer vision
Of the trials and adventures
The path ahead promises
Tranquility
I have learned
There is peace to be had
Tranquility
In any given moment
There is peace to be had
Tranquility
In any given moment
I close my eyes
Breathe, consciously
And bring up an image
Of tranquility
A memory
A fantasy
A painting
A scene
Hold that in my mind
Breathing in
Breathing out
The Circle
In this arc that is life
We are born
We breathe
We eat
We cry
We love
We hurt
We’re hurt
We are born
We breathe
We eat
We cry
We love
We hurt
We’re hurt
We learn to speak
In ways elegant
And ignorant
We grow old
Or we don’t
But all of us
We die
Guardians ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #51
They stand
Like guardians
Sandstone sphinxes
At the gate
Of Canyonlands
A world of articulate geology
And exquisite beauty
Under ominous skies
Awash in golden sun
Like guardians
Sandstone sphinxes
At the gate
Of Canyonlands
A world of articulate geology
And exquisite beauty
Under ominous skies
Awash in golden sun
While I imagine pyramids
And Pharaohs
Slaves and Gods
In a dreamtime
Of human greatness
And cruelty
Endurance and Change
I love what has endured
Through the trials of time
Through the efforts of grace and love
Through the trials of time
Through the efforts of grace and love
I love more what will change
The injustices which endured
Through the long history
Of intransigent ignorance
And self-interest
But have no place
In a conscious society
Immensity and Nothingness
In a land criss-crossed sparingly by roads
Some asphalt, most gravel
Many traversable only on foot
I seek the high ground
To watch the dawn photons
In their ambient amber
Illuminate the vast expanse of atoms
That are rock and atmosphere and life itself
Some asphalt, most gravel
Many traversable only on foot
I seek the high ground
To watch the dawn photons
In their ambient amber
Illuminate the vast expanse of atoms
That are rock and atmosphere and life itself
There are rare moments of connection
When I can “see” all that is
Know that I am some infinitesimal
Physical
Small part of it all
Small Wonders
The heat of the day lingers
Even as the low haze
Filters the sunken sun
Even as the low haze
Filters the sunken sun
I stop for a moment
Lean up against the fender
In the dry, brittle air
While the engine tinks and cracks
I never tire
Of the small wonders this world offers
Steel Wheels
Steel Wheels
Get me where I’m goin’
When rubber on the road failed
And the leather on my soles
Wore through
Get me where I’m goin’
When rubber on the road failed
And the leather on my soles
Wore through
Freedom
Ain’t never gotten with a dollar
Or no lawful decree
Not like a box car
Give to me
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