three unlikely pals
making secret plans
for incredible journeys
beyond the farm lands
–photo by me
shot of the day 9/7/22
Category: poetry
Bench (shadorma)
There’s a bench
I use for thinking,
Tucked neatly
In the trees,
Where chimes are always tinkling
Sweetly in the breeze
–Photo by me
lavender mist
a fog rises up
from the waters,
dawn lights it up
from behind,
the morning
is kissed by this
lavender mist,
and it gives
to me true
peace of mind
–photo by me
Limerick 42
A vixen from outside Fort Knox,
Found her marriage to be on the rocks,
But she would recover
And find a new lover,
For after all, she was a fox.
–Photo by Aaron
creeks and clouds (archives)
creeks and clouds
cut from the same cloth
with different points of view
comparable in composition
yet contrary in composure
the creek is quite laid-back
to the point of being lazy
while the clouds are always
up in the air over something
–photo by me
haiku 127
august heat drags on–
brown eyed susans are mere ghosts
of their former selves
–photo by me
dream wisdom (octelle)
and here i sit beside a stream
to look for wisdom in a dream
the easy brook barely flows
it doesn’t care where it goes
or what’s around the next bend
or even when it will end
and here i sit beside a stream
to look for wisdom in a dream
–photo by me
dying to live (senryu)
some say that it takes
a near-death experience
to begin living
–photo by me
shot of the day 8/23/22
some see angry gods
in a thunderstorm’s advance,
and some see mother nature
simply watering her plants
–photo by me
Groucho Marx Quote
Everyone should have a good inspirational bench out in nature to read, write, or just sit and reflect on.
Sometimes just getting away from the rat race helps to clear up the jumbled mess in my head that life in this world brings on. Not that I’m complaining about life; mine has never been better since I quit drinking nine months ago.
As I sit here sober, I think about all those years I wasted being a drunk, and shake my head– why would anyone do that to themselves? A death wish? Because that’s where I was headed; I knew it, but I didn’t care. I was just killing time while waiting for it.
Today, I feel great; I’ve been given a second chance, and I’m cherishing every wonderful moment. I don’t want to die anymore, and that brings me to the Groucho Marx quote:
“I intend to live forever,
Or die trying.”
–Photo by me
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