In the heat of the fire's glow We watch the day's light come and then go The seconds turn to minutes turn to hours then they're gone The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting long Evening turns to gloaming turns to darkness turns to dawn Amidst the calm of the falling snow … Continue reading In the Heat of the Fire’s Glow
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The Value of Contrast
How I have missed The rushing wind The fluid motion And the ground passing quickly beneath my feet It would seem I had forgotten The importance of moving forward Of unallocated time Surrender to chance and momentary escape From the stagnant monotony of a rushed life I must find balance though As time is precious … Continue reading The Value of Contrast
Oh, To Feel
Oh, to feel Once more As we did Before To be awash In the mindless bliss of youthful ignorance Unaware The dangers which lurk In every warm embrace and sideways glance Oh, to feel Anything else But this empty echo And a distaste for myself How quickly we grow Numb and cold Distant and alone … Continue reading Oh, To Feel
This Storm
This storm Has raged for so long Beating down on the worn and weary roof Uprooting trees and power lines Leaving only ruin in its wake And you have held strong Throughout the deluge But to give in Is not always to give up Now I do believe It is time To pry the boards … Continue reading This Storm
Come What May, We Will Remain
Now it is dark once more And the path ahead Is no longer clear But I will continue I will move forward Guided by All that I know As well as An awareness Of all that I do not For I have caught a glimpse Of what awaits Just beyond Our current position And though … Continue reading Come What May, We Will Remain
On Fear – A Collaboration, Pt. 1
The piece below is part one in a collaboration between myself and the very gifted poet Thought for Change, of the blog The Rendezvous Club. This piece was written over a period of time through various communications revolving around a Q/A about fear, love, and marriage. The text on the left was written by Though … Continue reading On Fear – A Collaboration, Pt. 1
Sustained Motion
To move Is to live Pushing forward Through space Through time Fighting against the ever-present force of friction Driven To persist To maintan Sustained motion In a world determined It seems To impede our progress We remain In motion Carried forward Regardless the odds Sustained But by what forces?
You Are So
You are so Beautiful Smart Strong Valuable But you are also so Delicate Exposed Vulnerable Hurt Life is hard sometimes It doesn't wait It doesn't care About context About pain About how much you can take Before you break Time Moves forward With Or without us Sometimes It may feel like it moves right through … Continue reading You Are So
In the End
In the end It is not sharpened claws that tear us apart Nor a flow of blood from our freshly torn flesh that draws the life from our bodies It is not dagger teeth that consume us Nor the acids of a churning stomach that digest our decaying forms No we do not stagger forward … Continue reading In the End
On Nights Such as This
On nights such as this You can see the stars Shining down Unobstructed From such distant spaces Breaking through to be perceived Despite the ever-present city lights And at times like this I cannot help but feel As an ant Insignificant Crawling meaninglessly Through the obscurity of daily life But then I remember That even … Continue reading On Nights Such as This
