Every time I reach
Just a little beyond my grasp
I imagine myself a tower
With the pinnacle in my hand
Just a little beyond my grasp
I imagine myself a tower
With the pinnacle in my hand
Tag: challenge
Challenged Path
Along this broken shore
I make my way
Stutter stride
Across uneven rock
Where scattered life
Though clinging, thrives
I make my way
Stutter stride
Across uneven rock
Where scattered life
Though clinging, thrives
Much as I
On challenged path
Lose my balance
Then regained
A beacon there
Should day grow dark
Transcending Hardships
I find my way
Through the rockiness
Down the icy steeps
Traversing the flats
Through the rockiness
Down the icy steeps
Traversing the flats
Along the way
Seeking the deep powder
The cruisable hard pack
The soft moguls
The challenge
Is not so much the hardships
But remembering
What trandscending
The hardships brings
In Wait
From the valley floor
I see
Some few imposing
Icy peaks
I see
Some few imposing
Icy peaks
But clamber up
One mountainside
And from atop
Discover
Endless array
Of pinnacles
Each mighty in itself
Waiting to be conquered
Gold ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #111
The light runs through the black
I remind myself of that
There’s gold within the rock
Riches to be found in the hardest of times
I remind myself of that
There’s gold within the rock
Riches to be found in the hardest of times
Query or Attainment?
I heed the signs
Those which speak clearly
With authority
Of course
Those which speak clearly
With authority
Of course
But I am drawn
Inexorably
To those of mystery
Promising adventure
Challenge
And discovery
I prefer quests of query
Over sorties of attainment
Forbidden ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #68
I sidle up
To places forbidden
Marvel and wonder
So much grander
More formidable
Than I
To places forbidden
Marvel and wonder
So much grander
More formidable
Than I
The places
The people
Who challenge them
Whether they succeed
Or fail
Favourite Places
There are places I return to
Time and again
Time and again
Physical
Geographical
Emotional
Intellectual
Personal
Romantic
And every time
Find something new
Some original way to see
Some valuable insight
Imagination
At first
I saw a concrete wall
Brightly painted
With a few cracks
Rain saturated
I saw a concrete wall
Brightly painted
With a few cracks
Rain saturated
But on closer inspection
I realized
It was the surface
Of a turquoise planet
Where a river once ran
Along a cerulean canyon
Carved through southern aqua badlands
When the Waves Come
When the waves come, I can
Ride them
Duck them
Vault them
Or I can stand firm
And let the ocean wash over me
Feel its power
Enjoy the surge of energy
As it flows all around me
