Tag: change

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 28, 201511:05 pm

How far I’ve climbed

When I look back and see
How far I’ve climbed
It no longer matters
How much further I have to go

I have already climbed further
Than I had ever imagined

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 28, 20158:00 am

Climbing

I climb and climb
And climb some mo’
And still I climb
There’s more to go

From time to time
When I look back
And see the road
That twisted track

I know the way
Ahead ain’t straight
Yet still I climb
And bear the freight

What can I do?
I can’t turn back
The thought of it
My heart goes slack

So on I climb
I’m none too weak
I flee a life
That’s grown too bleak

Now as I climb
And look ahead
Is the next bend
The turn I dread?

For if I make
The high plateau
What if it ain’t
The place to go?

And all this work
A waste of time
I could’ve stayed
Instead of climb

Still, this I know
The only way
Is move along
And live each day

It’s really not
About the top
Life is a climb
Which does not stop

For if it does
Then I will die
There’s nothing else
These words don’t lie

I climb and climb
And climb some mo’
And still I climb
There’s more to go

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 26, 20156:25 pm

Nature’s Art

Time plays out
On compressed
And shattered
Chasm wall

Mineral
Patina
Like coffee
And tea stains

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 8, 201511:29 am

Revealing the world beneath

Some ascribe great powers to time:
To heal
To create
To destroy

But time itself wields no might
But for agents of change
Like the workings of nature and her creatures

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 21, 20157:00 am

Little green moth

When we talk about our lives, it’s not the stories about the safe paths we have taken which are our favourite stories to tell. It’s the risky choices which make for the best tales, no matter the difficulties, no matter the outcomes. These are the choices from which we grow the most, both at the time and years later when we recount those moments. We are always learning from our experiences, even years after having them.