I left you behind
Free to disperse
In the wind and wave
To become one with time
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #273: Freed
Freed
Tag Archives: Despair
Ikigai
Girls
No girls allowed
Trait taught at an tender age
Desolate playground
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #155: Girls
Grief
Wave of grief
Watching your chest rise
For the last time
All the questions
I never asked
Wanderlust
My spirit bound to earth
Body a straight jacket
That gets tighter with age
My youth flew with the ether
Those days long past
So I must keep moving
To fill my wanderlust
Or succumb to the gravity
That pulls my leaden limbs
In response Patrick Jenning’s Pic and aWord Challenge # 115: Wanderlust and the Daily Post Prompt: Age
Atmosphere
In smoldering ash
Nothing left but a flicker
Of a life that was
Before the earth’s atmosphere
Became the human experiment
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #113: Smoke, The Weekly Photo Challenge: Experimental and The Daily Post: Atmospheric
Tumult
When
Is enough
Enough manmade tumult
When laughter prevails over
Screams
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge: Tumult
Harvey
My heart goes out to my Gulf Coast neighbors. I want to say that the storm will pass and there are rainbows ahead but right now that seems trite and doesn’t bring solace. The impact of these devastating disasters lasts for years. In the current climate of divisiveness and anger, it gives me hope to see folks coming together and showing the best of humanity under such horrible circumstances.
For anyone who wants to help, here is a link to the Hurricane Harvey Facebook page with options for donation.
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #101: Rainbows
Love
A time of turmoil
Humanity on the rocks
All compassion gone
Heart hardened like stone
From pain, fear, disappointment
My internal shell
Then this loving face
Acts as the water or wind
I break down and cry
I needed this light
In a time when peace alludes
Love among the hate
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #73: Love
Please click on the link to Patrick’s piece, The Angel. It is exquisite.
Dancing Echoes 
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