Options

Even a well-marked path
Offers options to explore

Side-trips provide
Opportunities for insight and growth

Some Windows Obscure

I just try to remember

Some windows allow the light in
But obscure its source

Not all doors can be opened
And it is unwise to walk through
Every door that does

No matter how softly
I tread through life
I leave footprints

I only hope
That when others come upon them
They see what I see

Something beautiful
Necessary
With good-natured purpose

Unlike the many monuments I have seen
The mountains and skyscrapers
All so grand and inspiring

I will be remembered
Not for the appearance I present
But for the shadow I cast

Ways of life, and
Ways of being
Have come and gone
Even in my lifetime

And many more
Will come and go
In the lifetime
Left to me

It is a landscape made
Of sparse rain and heat

Yet over time,
This brush and paint
Create a land
Of uncommon beauty

Sometimes I just like to sit back
And marvel at Nature’s sense of fun
Her playful way with shape and form
Her vivacious turns with landscape

Dry heat
Barren
Landscape

Strips my
Being
Away

Presence
Without
Ego

Vibrant
Important
Utilitarian

Once

Abandoned
Derelict
Unprofitable

Now

The quick blue horse jumps
Carrying the lazy fox