Bounty

Tread upon a hopeful path

And count your every step

It will do your soul no good

To run ‘til out of breath

Savor the soil underneath

Enjoy the things it feeds

See the wonder in the dirt

That houses what you need

Sip the stream that’s running by

The path on which you walk

Let its coolness comfort you

And notice how it talks

Seek the shade beneath the trees

And spend some moments with them

They have witnessed generations

They are ripe with wisdom

Count the flowers and the leaves

Enjoy their luscious blooms

Notice that they still will grow

wherever there is room

Remember that the sun’s a star

With its warmth and light

Its elements are inside you

And always shining bright

February 2, 2018 0

Royalty

Own the throne you sit upon

Polish bright your crown

Spite the tongues that lash at you

By never looking down

Prize the eyes that you possess

For seeing the horizon

Enveloped in your regal robes

You’ve found your place to rise in

Fight with might the battles

Only of your choosing

The victorious in petty wars

Don’t know just what their losing

So hold your golden scepter

With wisdom before pride

For its opulence is bested

By the light you hold inside

January 23, 2018 0

Still Untitled

I find myself again

At this foggy window pane

Staring at a life

That has never born my name

Yet how do I untangle

The tethers I created

The ones that weigh upon me so

And rarely keep me sated

The strength perhaps will come

To cut away these bindings

And leave me free to float

And analyze my findings

But in me there’s a core

A life that I was given

But every step I take

Sees that away from it I’m driven

So there my life still lies

Somewhere beyond the pale

A place I’ve never been

Is where begins my tale

January 22, 2018 0

Rendition

We have all felt the burn

Of the taciturn

Those shadows that frustrate

And haunt us

It leaves us to wonder

If there’s meaning left under

The silence

Do they even want us?

It leaves us to forage

Or question with courage

To seek the semblance

Of affection

Resulting in queries

That leave us so weary

And plagued by enduring

Abjection

Yet the source of this menace

Is something within us

The problem our own

Inhibition

We must break through our surface

Determine our purpose

And author our truest

Rendition

January 12, 2018 0

Sink or Swim

We have many techniques

To battle the bleak

But sometimes we choose

to submerge

There are days when the world

Upon us is hurled

And were pushed to a

Dangerous verge

So we let ourselves sink

To lament and to think

Until sleep is averted

by tears

And we start a collection

Of our shameful subjections

And open the floodgates

To fear

Sometimes we must toil

To keep things at a boil

Instead of it gushing

Upon us

But then back we must go

To the treacherous flow

And to seek what is better

to calm us

January 11, 2018 0

Elements of Existence

Drown within the torrent

Allow it now to fill

And once you feel its magnitude

Allow it deeper still

Let it incinerate you

And scorch you into ash

Burn out the embedded shame

And emerge now unabashed

Dig into the soil

To find that which germinates

Feed it with your spirit

So that it may propagate

Float upon the jetstream

But do not fear a different way

And if you’re not one for soaring

Then try at least to sway

January 10, 2018 0