Tag: light

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 9, 20182:14 pm

Himalayan Foothills Sunrise VIII, Kunjapuri Devi Temple, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Steps ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #165

Sometimes the light
     Seems very far
And the way
     So dark and perilous
And the path
     Occluded mystery

I remind myself
     Just take a step
I remember
     Where every journey begins
I find my courage
     In the many paths already taken

I’ve held the light
     before
I’ve made my way
     before
I’ve found the path
     before

I will hold the light
again

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 3, 20186:37 am

Writers

We grope around in the darkness
Seeking the light which illumines
The stories waiting for us to tell

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 25, 201810:01 am

The Night Comes

As the sky signals
The coming of night
With glorious colours of caution
The night’s beacon
Hunkers down
It’s daylight glimmer
Set to become
A sentry in the darkness

Landscape by Patrick JenningsSep 3, 20182:33 pm

Black Kite over Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, New Delhi, India III

Naught but the Light

In the darkness
Lay the deepest shadows
Where no light has fallen
For so many years

I visit with them
Let the shadows
Fall under my light
Until they become known to me

Appreciate them for their wisdom
Thank them for their insight
Forgive them for their fears and distractions

Illumined, I see their purpose

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 27, 20185:02 pm

Dancing with the Darkness

Standing in the light
I see the darkness
The evil from which I emerged
Clearly
For the first time

Just as I cannot know the light
Without darkness
So too I cannot know the darkness
Without light

I thought I knew the darkness well
When I was caught in it
As it touched me
As it coursed through me

I believed the darkness was me

Standing in the light
I sense the true nature of my being
Radiating this warm glow

I have not emerged from the darkness
I have shed it
Like a cloak
Beneath which the light
Has always burned
Will always burn
Has always kept the darkness
In its dark

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 26, 201812:27 pm

Himalayan Foothills Sunrise, Kunjapuri Devi Temple, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Gratitude ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #150

The sun rises into a cloud-softened sky
Gentle foothills roll lazily to a distant horizon
A solo journey through an ungentle darkness ends
As I arrive in the light I realize
I am no longer alone, was never really alone
That no one arrives in such light
Entirely alone

I am struck by the depth of gratitude
Rising like a sun with my own inner light
For the guidance, support and encouragement
Offered by family and friends and mentors
And the generous kindness of strangers
Who have made of themselves
Friends

I stand here
In the light
With my platoon
Ready to take on
Anything

Thank You

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 3, 20187:00 am

Autumn Light, Over Lynne Mansion, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Trauma

I am of this world
And I am not

I am in this world
And I am not

I have this body
And I do not

I am present
I am nowhere

I am here
But not

I am present
I am a ghost

This is trauma
This is dissociation

Tag: light

Steps ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #165

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Writers

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The Night Comes

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Naught but the Light

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Dancing with the Darkness

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Gratitude ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #150

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Trauma

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