Walking alone
It is harder
To find the light
It is harder
To find the light
Tangle
In the tangle that is my life
Intertwining branches
Of my relationships
With others
With institutions
With responsibilities
With goals and aspirations
Intertwining branches
Of my relationships
With others
With institutions
With responsibilities
With goals and aspirations
With the dreams
I only allow myself
At night
Curled safely
In my own bed
Clinging ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #28
The rain
Clings to the moss
Clings to the limbs
Clings to the trunk
Clings to the earth
Clings to the moss
Clings to the limbs
Clings to the trunk
Clings to the earth
While the light
Clings to them all
Clings to me
Clings to my mind
Clings to my heart
Worlds I’ll Never Know
There are worlds I’ll never know
Existing all around me
Existing all around me
My eyes, they cannot see
The fine details
In just a narrow band
Of frequencies
Covered in Sand
I can only see so deeply into this world
It’s as if a layer of sand
Obscures what lies beneath
It’s as if a layer of sand
Obscures what lies beneath
I reach down, deep
Pull back the sand
To reveal beauty
Unimaginable
The Way Ahead
Sometimes the way ahead seems clear
I try to remind myself
The path of least resistance
Always seems clear
I try to remind myself
The path of least resistance
Always seems clear
So I wonder
Am I sure to reach my goal
At the end of this valley
Shrouded
When the path to my goal
Lays shrouded in mist
I forge ahead
Lays shrouded in mist
I forge ahead
The path may be obscured
I may lose my way
Or become disoriented
Familiar Wisdom
On a journey
To a strange land
With strange customs
Where nothing seemed familiar
To a strange land
With strange customs
Where nothing seemed familiar
I re-encountered Buddha
Long obscured for me
Made strange by the confines
Of my culture familiar
Chesterman Beach ~ Pix to Words & Song
I captured several dozen images from Chesterman Beach, and they have proven a great source of inspiration for poems and stories, a series from which I share five examples here
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