Tag: living in the moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 5, 20169:33 am

Hikers and Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States of America

Looking for Myself

Sometimes
When I look for myself in the world
I’m very hard to find

Not because I am so small
But because existence
Is very, very big

So I remind myself
I am not in the world
I am not of the world

I am the world
And it is me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 30, 201611:19 am

Tree on Grassy Hillside, Atherton Tablelands, Palmerston Highway, Queensland, Australia

Space ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #61

Space to grow
Space to live
Space to explore
Space to stretch out
Space to breathe
Space to be

Making space
For what comes next

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 19, 20164:48 pm

One mile at a time

Anchored to my desk
And the responsibilities required
To live another 10,000 days

I long for the road
And its gift of living
One mile at a time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 28, 20168:13 pm

The Stone in the Lake

Oh I
Who felt the contractions
Of a world in birth
I carry the experience of aeons
The history of Earth

A solid from liquid
Carved and shattered
Cracks refilled by molten rock
Uplifted and fractured
Sundered and separated
Tumbled and rolled

Now here
Settled gently
On the shore
Of a still lake
On a quiet dawn
To marvel at the fleeting existence
Of the things that live
Even the tree

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 19, 20167:00 am

Waves

Life comes at me in waves
Rolling in
Crashing down
Leaving me sputtering
Gasping

Though…
Every now and again
I catch one
A long glorious ride
Exhilaration
Exultation
Delightful experience
All the way to shore

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 13, 20167:21 pm

Sunrise, 13,000 feet, Mount Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo

Stratospheric Sunrise

Climb up into darkling sky
Long before the sun awakes
Ambush it there
In its rising shout
Neon rainbow
Across the world
Beyond the edge
Of Earth
Beyond the realm
Of life itself

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 12, 20167:00 am

Desert Snow

This snowy shroud
On the sand
This crystal air
In my lungs
This layered cloud
Filters sun
This pristine world
Silent land

I feel my heart
Thrum in my chest
I feel the heat
Within my soul
I feel the beat
Of wordless rhyme
I am complete
Connected time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 10, 20164:01 pm

Fly on a Windshield, Highway 87, Somewhere between Winslow and Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Cruise or Hover

Cruising through
This exquisite solitude
Gift of remote places
And empty highways

The specks
On my windshield
Remind me

Revel in this experience

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 21, 20161:41 pm

Light Through the Lattice

There are multiple sources
Of light in this world
Not all of them
Illuminate my way

Of the rest, I’ve learned to follow
Not always the brightest
Nor the nearest

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 10, 201611:03 am

Cloudy sky, Thompson River Valley, Savona, British Columbia, Canada

Looking back to remain present

Sometimes, I like to look back
At where I’ve been
At how I got here

There’s often a line
A flow
A grace unintended
Unnoticed
Unseen before the backward glance