For certain memories
time stands still
and for a moment
the pain is searingly fresh
The loss makes you realize
what matters most
An aching reminder
of what it means
to truly love
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #242: Time
Seeds of love scattered
Blown by winds of emotion
Clouds of teargas
All we have
Is a few short minutes
To be sons and daughters
Fathers and mothers
Friends and lovers
There is no color
No race
No nation
Only humanity
Let us help each other
To live our best lives
In peace and compassion
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #235: Rant!
You want what you can’t have
Reasoning somehow that seems more valuable
Abandoning those who do love you
Because who would want to love you, right?
So you chase phantoms, try to rewrite history
Harvest lost souls like shiny objects, glinting in the sun
All the while they are burning your retina, so you cannot see the truth
The truth that’s been right in front of your face
All along
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #233: Harvest
Virtual worlds collide
Airwaves replace touch
Community spirit
I am in awe at the resiliency and creative spirit that has come out of this pandemic. In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #224: Awe.
Wherein
cracks reveal
spectacular beauty
of ordinary
life
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #205: Cracks
No more dances
Around the sun
She is now
Back to stardust
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #185: Heavens
From the moment we are born
Until the moment we die
Our lives are a series
Of calculated risks
That make life worth living
And ventures worth taking
When fear of regret is greater
Than the reality of danger
in response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #183: Risk
My contemplation
Of all life’s impermanence
Stars subtle decay
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #160: Contemplation and Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Carpe Diem #1537 Decay
Grace does not come easily. It is a product of hard work and rugged determination. It is the steadfast willingness to move through the pain without blame, shame or disappointment. It is the ability to drown out the noise and attack life with laser like focus. It is the resolve to rise above the messiness of all that is human and embrace all that is beautiful.
Struggling
To keep my shit
In one sock
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #159: Rugged
Dancing Echoes 
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