I found a place to simply be
And selfishly made time for me
Within the realm of Quietly
Allowed my soul to wander free
Therein I found a sense of self
Between the tomes upon the shelf
In understanding what I felt
Finally learning how to melt
Allow the new day to pour through
And flush away all shades of blue
To none other I owe no due
And to oneself I must be true
From now my heart sings this one song
To no one else do I belong
Category: Writing
“that would have been a completely different life”
that a small change in the past creates possibilities.
a million tiny fractaling what if’s
the shape of which may have formed something
with all the same meaning and depth
but a completely different shape
my life has always been a meandering line
and when I found the shape of my desires
I realized I had grown to unfit it
We cannot unmake ourselves…
but we can still mold the future.
after all, a small change creates possibilities
a million tiny fractaling what if’s
the shape of which can form something.
sonnet – transience
What does it mean to begin and to end?
To ken the truth behind finality?
Perhaps to know is to better amend
and allow oneself certain clarity.
We measure our lives in the breadth of day
and from the drawing of first and last breath.
Or measure in moments near and away,
or within happiness, sadness, and wrath.
Regardless, time flows onward like a stream,
into the future, creating a past.
Remember that this will seem like a dream
and that nothing good or bad ever lasts.
Value the moment for what it can be.
Or plow through hardship and someday be free.
please
ask it of me
if you asked
i would freely give
every ounce
(heart, body, mind)
(soul, life)
i cannot do it
you have to be the one
that gives in
and asks
and if you did
you would find me
malleable
willing to belong
to only you
but you have to ask
personal polaris – National Haiku Day
April 17 is National Haiku Poetry day! I have already done one haiku, but it’s always fun to do another. For anyone that doesn’t know, haiku are Japanese in origin and are poems that follow a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. Typically, a traditional haiku would be more nature focused, almost like a meditation and appreciation of the world around us, though that is not a requirement. It is also not necessary to rhyme as I do in mine, so long as you follow the 5-7-5 pattern.
i found in your eye
the brightest star in the sky
to plot my course by
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