I was asked the other day
an age old question,
I was told always in my life
to know the answer,
I was instructed
solutions cannot result
in a salacious notion
toward personal upheaval
instead our words, our look,
our desire, that verve we live by,
an energy we spread around
outside our bubble,
you know the space,
don’t lie to me about it,
it is a coveted shelter from
the pain, always
nearby looming,
waiting for an opportunity,
to feed the current
solution.
I was noticed one day,
and she smiled.
A picture speaks a truth.
~
I danced alone happy,
the first time I could.
~
A conversation
a put down
a clarity of purpose
a scant reminder
~
A why do we do this
sort of thing
moment
that allows our lives
to become enthralled
by the ones that do.
~
A reckoning
when time slows
enough to wonder
about how simple
a decision
might be well after
consequence:
inherent trepidation.
~
A summer night
stars are out,
a full moon waning
sheds a sorrowful tear
on a quiet reality,
while we all enter
a continuum
that part of our lives
we could never …
but we did.
~
Another time
we revisit in hope
we might settle
a difference that
when recalled
did help us focus
on why we
hate reminders
~
Would we ever
again be able,
could we possibly
understand
just how far
we did stray.
~
A friend once said
they wished the world
could get along
without a fight.
~
We yelled each other’s name,
never did we speak again.
~
We didn’t try to look outside.
picture found on ‘poem a day’
~
We try to define our concept of beauty
in glamour and complement, rich in hue
yet wild while indecisive fear give plenty
to insecurity we are left feeling only the blue
~
We pattern our actions to design a facade
masks that some would protest to be real
when examined difficult arguments we’d laud
this is our truth yes, we have no shame to steal
~
Walk alongside one another on a sun streaked
morning to realize we all glance quite the same way
no matter our exterior coats we have so tweaked
all contain swift reality we all cherish with our day
~
stand close now to glance together the sky above
delight, cherish, explore sweet landscapes in love
