Tag: living in the moment

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 15, 20197:19 am

That River Flows

That river flows

While I
Stand by

Upon the banks
Watch my life
Drift idly by

But why?
Ask I

Just join the flow

The river says

So I
Close eyes

Like the water
Enter life
Become the flow

Then I
Realize

Like the river
Being flows
I the water
Gather all
The river knows

‘Til I
Reside

In moment’s rhyme

The end of time

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 10, 201911:31 pm

Valley Flow, Maligne Valley, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Valley ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #174

Through the valley
Between the rocky mounts
Where days go by
Too fast to count

Then what remains
But moments lost
In timeless frame

I let them go
And count no more

Just live them all

In endless flow
So none pass by

For none remorse
Nor row against
The river’s course

The ripples
And the rapids play
The challenges
Of every day

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 10, 201910:56 pm

broken starburst, bow river, bow river parkway, banff national park, alberta, canada

To View or be Present

In the sky
A convulsion of light
While below
The Bow
Winds its way
Down the valley floor
With the forest
Standing sentry

And I
Delight in the roar
Of rushing water
Coursing over stone
For a moment
At least
As content
To view the scene
As to be in it

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 2, 20192:56 pm

Brown's Peak Sunset, onto National Forest, From Apache Gap, Near Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Be Still

I find myself in moments
When even my hyper-active mind
Knows to be still
And listen

Let nature speak

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 24, 20182:28 pm

Howe Sound Sunset, Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada

Grateful

Some moments seem forged
As a reminder to be
Grateful for it all

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 10, 20182:48 pm

The Wind, Point Reyes National Seashore, California, United States of America

Steady in the Wind

I recall the wind
Insistent
Pummeling
Leaning into it
Just to stand upright

I recall the sun
Hard
And hot
Burning through
The cold air coursing

I recall the sea
Singing
Its white noise crescendo
The roar
Of a planet alive

I recall this moment
Blissfully
Unattached
Firmly rooted to ground
In the grip of experience

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 29, 20188:55 pm

Draft Lager, Dubh Linn Gate Pub, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Liquid Meditation

Sometimes
The clink of glass
Works as well
As a meditation bell

The first
Long
Draft

Is a
Deep
Breath

Attachments melt away
The mind quiets
Its obsessive
Narcissism

For a moment
Nothing else matters
But this
Single

Moment

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 29, 20186:22 am

Time

I feel time
Wending
Up my spine
Stealing my vigour
Taking my mind

But my heart
Remains strong
My spirit
Undiminished

So I
Unrelenting
Resist time

Live today
Work toward

Tomorrow

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 3, 20181:32 pm

Footsteps in the Dunes, Ming Sha Shan, Mountains of Singing Sand, Dunhaung, Gansu, China

Going Forward

I carry my past
In a backpack
So I am never far
From the moments
Which defined me

Events
Connections
Love, loss
Attainment, failure
Lessons, places, people
Glories and gaffes and grace

Everything that ever happened
To get me here
Where I’m standing
In this moment now
On the path
To who I’ll be