Tag: courage

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 24, 201611:19 am

Resistance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #47

Resistance is necessary
Violence is not

I will be the willow
And not the hammer
I will be the water
And not the rock

Where there is hate
I will love
Where there is greed
I will give

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 23, 20167:41 pm

Around the Corner, Storguard Self Storage, Terminal Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Fear

Some days
It feels like
There’s something…

Unwelcome

Waiting
Around the
Corner

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 26, 20162:40 pm

Foggy day, Canon Beach, Oregon, United States

Shipwrecked

Like shipwrecked sailors
Striving for the beach
Bodies too heavy
For the surface
Only the force of will
Keeping them afloat

The will to live
Or the will to not die
Courage or fear
(I’m unsure which)
Drives them to the beach
Lungs filling with salt water
Muscles spent
Energy exhausted

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 13, 20157:00 am

The Ziggurat

We approached the ziggurat
Towing over thirty feet of living space
Exiting
The Valley of the Gods

Switchbacks, gravel and steep grades
More than a thousand feet straight up
I wondered
At the wisdom of this drive

Then the thought
Each adventure ever had
Begins with
Just a little bit of faith

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 23, 201510:47 am

Saying “Yes”

I’ve done some pretty interesting things in my life

Sure, when opportunity knocked
I answered the door

But opportunity doesn’t always knock
Sometimes, I just leave the comfort of my own home

Abstract by Patrick JenningsApr 17, 20157:46 am

Post no ills

It wasn’t a completely conscious process, but the world and everything in it has grown increasingly beautiful since April Fool’s Day, 1994 — the last day of my Microsoft tenure and the first day of… I’m still not sure what. Amazing what happens when you stop seeking the ugliness, stop cleverly attacking it and the people it attracts, stop praising yourself for your cleverness.