Tag: love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 4, 20203:58 pm

Chink in the gloom once unbroken, Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America

Compass Rose

Through chink in once unbroken gloom
Evanescent hopeful gleam
Turn of night
Will soon enough extinguish

Glow yet held clear and bright
Deep within a tempered heart
A compass knows the way to north
Light, the steel by which love reckons

Ever should the dark engulf
I shall find my way
Illumined by the rose within
No shadow may diminish

Night gives way to morning
Clouds soon enough are lifted
To the souls of seeking hearts
Horizon always beckons

Landscape by Patrick JenningsMar 31, 20207:00 am

I stand with you, Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States of America

Vows

I stand with you
Side by side
Facing possible storms
Here on the thin edge
Of what was
And what will be

In this now
A future undeniable
A faith unassailable
A love unequivocal

I stand with you
Will you stand with me?

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 23, 20209:10 pm

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

Mass ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #221

Heavier even than Earth
Yet I soar
A majestic dirigible

Laden with history
And regrets
Lofted by hope
And purpose
Levied by love
And compassion

Most days I carry the weight
Lightly, aloft
Some days I cannot leave the berth
Tethered, grounded

So I touch the Earth
Am grateful for its stability
That I always have a place to land
Rest, and free myself of burdens

Then breathe deeply
Filled and empty
I take to the skies again

Fujifilm X-T2 by Patrick JenningsJan 19, 202011:35 pm

In Our America Love Wins, HI Portland Hawthorne Youth Hostel, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

America ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #216

IN OUR
AMERICAALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL
LOVE WINS
BLACK LIVES MATTER
IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES ARE WELCOME
DISABILITIES ARE RESPECTED
WOMEN ARE IN CHARGE OF THEIR BODIES
PEOPLE ARE VALUED OVER PROFIT
DIVERSITY IS CELEBRATED

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 22, 20199:50 pm

Expansive, I-395, Willow Ranch, California, USA

Expanse ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #212

In the high desert
Where the land is wide
And the sky wider
I cross the expanse
On a knife’s edge of asphalt
Buffeted by furious headwinds

Inside my little cockpit of calm and warmth
I sing “Wassiye! Wassiye!”
With Habib Koite
A song of mirth and joy and love

Just as is the song within me
As I navigate existence
Across the expanse of being
And all its many storms

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 15, 201910:22 pm

Blur, Time Exposure, Some Random Netflix Show

Blur ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #211

We are but a blur
You and I
A collection of possibilities
Missed opportunities
Layered over time
An inkling of a beauty
Unrealized
Untested
Unknowable

Yet between us
Always
Undeniable light
Exquisitely tragic love

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 11, 201911:42 pm

Depths, Hotel Continental, Tangier, Morocco

Depth ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #206

I leave the depths unplumbed
Fearful of its denizens
Unaware
All my fears
I carry on my shoulders
A smothering weight

Take a breath, my son
Take a breath
Sit with the present

What you fear
Is already past
Or has not come

That is all your dour spelunking
Will ever find
So long as you believe
The depths are darkness

Be not your mind
But mindful
Open your heart
For in its depths
Is always light

I leave the depths unplumbed
Take a breath
Quiet my mind
And from the depths rises
The light that is love

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 JenningsAug 25, 20198:59 pm

Mother and Child, Bicycle Path, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mothers ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #202

When I was a child
There was always a hand
Within my reach

When I needed reassurance
Or wandered too close to peril
To share the warmth of a loving gesture

Be supportive to others
Defend the vulnerable
Love unconditionally

The subtle lessons
A mother teaches her child
With unconscious intention

Her giving hand
Always at the ready
For mine to grasp

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 4, 201911:02 pm

Slinki Extra Wide I, Gallery Bistro, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Loss ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #199

From time to time we lose
People, places and things
We love

In the absence
Recollections induce the bittersweet
With time, perhaps, becoming less bitter than sweet

Losses lightened
By the moments, words and images
We’ve captured

The joys once lived
Remain in our memories
And in our hearts

In the empty spaces
Something new, perhaps
Something new to love