Tag: the path

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 25, 20167:00 am

Navajo Sandstone Domes, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States of America

Where Am I Going!

Sometimes I wonder
Where am I going
Where is this road taking me
How am I going to get past this

I stop
Reconnoitre
Check the maps
Consider my options

Except for some times

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 18, 20167:07 am

Light streaming through lattice wall, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Mistress and Lover

Darkness
Seductive mistress
She beckons me
With enigma
Riddles
Possibilities unimaginable
Promises of revelation
Both disturbing
And thrilling

But light
Sweet lover
Always generous
She seeks me
In the dark places
Offers illumination
Insight
Beauty boundless
Marking the pathway
To epiphany

Poetry by Patrick JenningsOct 11, 20167:00 am

Lichen and Granite, Hope Slide, Nicolum Valley, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

The Golden Heart

There is a golden heart
At the centre of my everything
Though oft obscured
Sometimes forgotten

I call for it
In times of need
Or if too dark
It calls on me

It guides me true
Though rarely easy
But I know my path
When e’er I follow

My golden heart

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 29, 20167:00 am

In the Wake, BC Ferries, Island Bound, Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Looking Back ~ A Year of Pic and a Word

I like to glance back
At the path I’ve travelled
To learn from trials and failures
From adventures and successes
And celebrate them all

Then I turn forward
Take the next step
With a clearer vision
Of the trials and adventures
The path ahead promises

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 12, 201610:22 am

Rangeland Track, Trans Canada Highway, British Columbia, Canada

The lesser fork

Sometimes
I’ll take the lesser fork
Though I know not where it goes
Or what I’ll see
Or if I’ll find my way
To wherever I was going

Sometimes
I think
The road unknown
Explores as much
The me I do not know
Which is all the more enticing
Than the me I believe is me

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 6, 201611:06 pm

Mineral Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone, National Park, Wyoming, Unites States of America

Comfortable Paths

Sometimes
It takes a lot of exploring
To find the comfortable path

But the comfortable path
Is not always the best path
Or the true path
So I try to remember
Keep exploring

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 29, 20167:00 am

Mittens and Buttes, Monument Valley Navajo Park, Utah, United States of America

Seeking Questions

I rise up
From a valley of hot desolation
Raise my consciousness
From a cacophony of noise

In silence
I listen
In darkness
I find light
In mystery
I find insight
In questions
I find…

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 27, 20167:00 am

Homestead, Marron Valley, Highway 3A, British Columbia, Canada

Becoming the Uncarved Block

All I ever wanted
Out of life
Was to carve out
Some small domain
In this wild expanse
I could identify
As me

Until
I discovered non-being
And realized
Being
Was not
All it was cracked up
To be

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 23, 20166:16 am

Macdonnell Ranges, Mereenie Loop, Northern Territory, Australia

Glimpses

Sometimes

I only have a glimpse
Of the way ahead
Through difficult terrain
Many sections of the path
Remain obscured
And the final destination
Still lies beyond
The visible horizon

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 18, 20167:44 pm

Mountain Biking, White Lake Trail, White Lake Grasslands Protected Area, Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Looking Back

Every now and again
I stop

I stop and look back
Along the path I’ve travelled

Not to see where I’ve been
Not to linger on what I’ve done
Not to consider the path I’ve followed

I want to see
What fell out of my peripheral vision
What cannot be seen moving forward