Tag: darkness

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 1, 20197:00 am

Broken, Peeling Paint on Truck, Linda Vista Motel, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Such Worlds as This

I listen
To those who tell me
How the world is
How the world is as it is

How disturbingly dark and broken
Some of these worlds are
How maliciously cruel

And though I know such worlds exist
In their hearts and in their deeds

I know I have never set foot in such a world

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 28, 20198:59 pm

Beacons, Amphitrite Point Lighthouse, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Beacons ~ Pic and a Word #198

We stumble over the blackened terrain
The dim beacon of possibility our guide
A brilliant luminescence promised
Just a few steps beyond our vision

These are the affirmations
With which we keep hope alive
And find in ourselves
The tenacity to persevere

This is how we establish
Purpose and meaning
Our reason for being
No matter the undertaking

These beacons
Were not set by fate
Nor any divine intervention
But by our own dreams

A life without dreams
Is a life of darkness
A blackened terrain
Unmarked by beacons

Dreams create hope
Hope creates purpose
Purpose creates meaning
Meaning lights the beacons

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 14, 201910:26 pm

I Walk in Rainbow Slippers, Window Graphic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

I Walk on Rainbow Splinters

Some people think they know me
But I know they cannot know me
Can’t see my misfortune
Guess they don’ wanna know me

I am just a pilgrim
Saffron shows my devotion
Ain’t afraid of no hard road
Fill my heart with passion

Walk thru the fire
Fly thru the fear
See the signs along the path
Though the end remains unclear

Walk in mindful silence
See what breath can do
Walk on rainbow splinters
Leave behind gurus

Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters

‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up, ‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up

I breathe in the light
Exhale the darkness
Pride begins to fade
And I forget the malice

Balance light and dark
Rising from the gutter
Melt my pain like butter
And my heart begins to flutter

Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters
Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters

‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up, ‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up

Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters

Gautama Buddha
Come along on my journey
Bring your Dharmakaya, your Sambhogakaya, your Nirmanakaya
And your 500 lives
The illuminating candle
Apsaras, guiding angels
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha
Bodhisattva of compassion
Master who taught the light

With you Gautama
With you Gautama

‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up, ‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up

Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters
Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters

Gautama Buddha
Shining on the river of light….

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 19, 201910:48 am

Face, Placa Reial, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Mask ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #188

Even in
This gathering of
Strangers
I put on a mask
Don my armour of
Anonymity
Revealing only the self
I want you to see

A shadow
In the darkness
Of multitudes

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 24, 20195:39 pm

Disoriented, Valencia Cathedral, Valencia, Spain

Orienteering

Religion
Disoriented
Me

A God
In which I had no
Faith

Prayers and rites
In which I found no
Substance

Disillusioned
I abandoned
Belief

Riding the
Pendulum’s
Swing

Into the
Comforts of
Reason

Content there
With logic and
Fact

I explored the bounds
Of science and
Philosophy

Discovering
A realm well beyond
Knowledge

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 18, 20194:03 pm

Follow Me

Light filters down
To dim blue depths
Where it pools
In lazy patterns
Upon empty lanes
Marked here and there
With blood red tiles
And doors
While wicker lines the walls

I grab a basket
From a hook
Gather light
From the pools
To carry further
Into navy
And the black
Where deepest shadows lay

There I breathe
In dim recess
The light across
All wavelengths
Equal bright
Spirit-pure the white
With neither heat nor harm
To eyes which can now see
Beyond the self
The wall of me

I spy infinity within
Infinity without
And in between
A single point
Without space
Or time
To count
Not even
Infinitesimal
Amount

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 10, 20199:53 pm

Pendant Gem

In the darkness
And the light
In the vibrant coloured
Sunlit rays
The moody greys
Of cloudy days

You my pendant gem
Lay close
Upon my heart
Reminder of
The subtler art

Of love which is
The beauty known
Regardless of
What eyes can see

It sings to me
In silent depths
Awakens dreams

Within memories
Of possibility

An ever-present peace

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 7, 20193:51 pm

Shadow and Light, Museu de les Ciències, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain

Shadow ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #182

Arms wide beckoning
All of being
Dark to light

Illumined texture
Shadowed depth

Through synthesis, form

So am I expressed
Unconfined

By black or white
No, I: all the subtle tones
Of possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 10, 20199:45 pm

For Purple Mountain Majesties, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, United States of America

Sunrise ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #178

I let the day go
Leave the past
In the past

As the harsh light fades
I live in the magic glow
Of this brief moment

Let the darkness come
Like closed eyes
And a deep breath

A new glory follows
A light to be filled
With possible moments

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 24, 20198:16 pm

Entangled, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Entangled ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #176

Entangled in dreams and traumas
Is my heart betrayed
By actions driven
From deep inside
The darkness
Unplumbed
So
Finally do I
Enter the dark
Holding the light
Of my broken heart
To heal the injuries
And discover the truth of dreams