Tag: Catalonia

Towers ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #194

Every time I reach
Just a little beyond my grasp
I imagine myself a tower
With the pinnacle in my hand

I stand beneath
Towers yet reaching
For heavens once unimaginable

And so I rise
In heart and soul
Astride the vision
Of an elevated spirit

Darkness now
For far too long
Vacant streets
Some windows amber and blue
Most dark and shuttered

He locks up
With a willful hope
A dream from another life
From another time

Perhaps the children
Will still be awake
With their sparkling eyes

So he hurries home
On a wish and a prayer

Even a drowsy hug is a tonic

In time I began to understand
My vulnerability
Was more attractive
Than my strength

As I grew more confident
In being vulnerable
I began to understand
The strength in vulnerability

All the world’s aflutter
For little girls
Fistfuls of birdseed
Their indiscriminate chaos

Such are the conditions
Of beautiful perfections

Earnest and callow
Eyes and smile
Rendered in night’s
Deepest shadow

A smile to say
“Goodnight, my friend”
Then again to
Welcome morning

In the darkness
Protect the gate
From those who carry
Cans of paint

In the everyday
It’s the moments spent
With the ones we love
Which make our hearts lighter
The moments better
The living sweeter