In this valley of discontent
Light falls in but cannot escape
Light falls in but cannot escape
So I climb to highest ridge
Carrying unsubtle hope
Else bathe below in light’s deceit
Category: Words
Contemplation ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #103
Contemplating the turmoil
Roiling in my head
I notice a point
Centre of the storm
Centre of my being
Around which all
The turbulence pivots
Roiling in my head
I notice a point
Centre of the storm
Centre of my being
Around which all
The turbulence pivots
There’s calm there
I fight my way toward it
Seeking the source of such peace
But bucked and buffeted
By the tumult
I make no headway
In the intensifying storm
The Space Between
The space between
The dark and light
Is sometimes just
A narrow gap
The dark and light
Is sometimes just
A narrow gap
And in this lies
A beauty plain
Where truth is told
In high relief
No shadow cast
No grey to mask
On one side white
The other black
Moments of Discovery
I’m no hero
Reluctant or foretold
No beacon of goodness
Reluctant or foretold
No beacon of goodness
I’m no brave soul
Blazing a path of wisdom
For others to follow
Such youthful fantasy
Dreamers
I ponder
All that is
All that never was
All that could be
All that never will
All that is
All that never was
All that could be
All that never will
Thinkers explore
Every possibility
And dreamers
Every impossibility
Nature’s World
Oh have I travelled
Far from home
To other worlds
Beyond imagination
Far from home
To other worlds
Beyond imagination
But never left
My own backyard
Nor taxed my powers
Of creation
Just let Nature
Take her course
Then revel in
Her machinations
Just my thoughts and my eye
In dappled sun
Breezes ruffle
Pastel petals
Stems buck and sway
Breezes ruffle
Pastel petals
Stems buck and sway
Camera and I lying
In long grass
Ants trundling
Across thighs and calves
Dragonflies
Hover and dart
Seek mosquitoes
And deer flies
A Billion Years of History
Tempting it is
To call this landscape
Barren
To call this landscape
Barren
No life
No green
No creatures
Scurrying
(Or so it seems)
Mighty & Humble
In this land
Of such magnificence
Even the mighty
Know humility
Of such magnificence
Even the mighty
Know humility
A Helical Spiral of Indeterminate Tense
The sun is just a star
We chose to father us
The moon, our mother
Illuminates the night
And whispers lullabies
To soothe us
When the darkness
Frightens us
We chose to father us
The moon, our mother
Illuminates the night
And whispers lullabies
To soothe us
When the darkness
Frightens us
The Earth
Our home
Bedrock beneath
Space above
But solid ground
Spins us round
Cycles of life
Always turning
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