Tag: the path

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMay 11, 202012:30 pm

Crosscurrents, Badlands, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Emergent ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #232

Sometimes the flow of events
Runs across the prevailing currents
Revealing both in high relief

Some will argue for the flow
Some will argue for the current

I remind myself

Step back to appreciate the whole
Evaluate the emergent patterns

Given an opportunity to observe
Beyond the confines of existing paradigms
Seek the possibility of a new way

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 20, 20207:02 pm

Arches, Palacios Nazaries, Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Gateways & Light

In the darkness
A gateway

Beyond it
A promising light

I check my
Expectations

Proceed with caution
And readiness

Not all gateways
Lead to freedom

Not all sources
Light a true path

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 29, 20197:00 am

Valley of Lassitude

From the valley floor
Yearn for the peaks
And high mountain passes

Though the paths I see
Attain neither peak nor pass

Trapped in this valley of lassitude

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 13, 201910:56 pm

Walking, Creekside Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Walking ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #204

The path is wide enough to share
I need not walk alone

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 17, 20193:06 pm

Confinement

Bound
In heart and spirit

Lost
On a forkless path

Stop
Look for a door
A ladder, a rope

Turn
Seek another path
Upon retraced steps

Wait
For alternatives
To appear

Move
Follow the instinct
Which began this path

Despair
There is no despair
Only tenacity

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 22, 20189:42 pm

Badlands Rivulets, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Soul Mates

So many roads
Lead me to you
So many more
Led us astray

For every branch
A thousand leaves
For every fork
A thousand more

Just keep the faith
And carry on
I’ll find the way
Back to your heart

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 21, 20189:51 pm

A Beautiful Rut

This life
This repetitious life
It cuts a swath
Erodes away
Possibilities

Call it a canyon
Or call it a rut
A pretty enough rut, you say
Perhaps… but still a rut

So I scamper out
Leaving a trail
Of dusty memory

Seeking the open vista above
The expanse of the big sky

A land of possibility

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 20, 201810:08 pm

wizened and weathered, badlands, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Wizened & Weathered

Wizened and wisened
I find myself
At the end of my path
There to discover
Though I’ve forged my own trail
Made my own way through the wilderness
We all come together
In the end
At the infinite infinitesimal of oneness
Whether by design
Or default

Poetry by Patrick JenningsNov 18, 20188:46 am

Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona, United States of America

Bend ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #162

The bends oft
Obscure the end
Yet go
I must
And like the river
Wend
Until the end
Is sure

Tag: the path

Emergent ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #232

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Gateways & Light

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Valley of Lassitude

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Walking ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #204

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Confinement

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Steps ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #165

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Soul Mates

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A Beautiful Rut

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Bend ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #162

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