Saturday, May 30, 2020

A Loss with No Name

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There is a loss I cannot name
It is an empty cry
And the only thing my voice can speak is
 why?
I reach my hand into the dark of night
And no longer see myself
I wonder who I have truly become
And I can only utter
A sigh…
To the entire world,
Why?

Friday, May 29, 2020

Time-Released Capsules


I take in the day
like an elixir
swallowing hard
as it both gives
and takes away
It slows the disease
of indifference
yet adds to the baggage
my mind seems to hoard
like an old fool and his guns
waiting to shoot into the distance
but the time never arrives
you see complacency never pulls the trigger
yet neither does courage
there is a progression in the daring of bravery
but that same force also holds a stillness
a silent strength and knowing
that where one stands is destiny
butterflies know that strength
they do not contemplate yesterday
nor analyze what tomorrow holds
unaware of the confines of time
they linger in the moment
and there they truly live.



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Thursday, May 21, 2020

True Shelter



I have found shelter in many places in this world
But the important ones were never formed with shingles nor brick
For my heart longs to linger in the softest of places
Where kindness and love are the glue of all that is held together
It is stronger than any mortar
More enduring than the largest steel
It keeps me warmer than any furnace ever could
You just have to open your heart and your eyes to find it
For it has a map that can only be traced upon by the fingers of the soul
You see love reaches out a hand and holds no matter how many times we let it go
And that is where I long to stay
and no matter what the weather holds
 that is where you shall find me.

Sunday, May 10, 2020

Love is a Mighty Hunter

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“No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother's love. It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity like a star.”
 ~Edwin Hubbell Chapin

I parade my scars like a mighty flag
Bearing stripes for all to see
Lapping love from every bowl
Knowing it is a true luxury
My mother was the first to wash my face
To provide sustenance
 yet my first greatest ache
for a child was not meant
to be motherless so early in the race
So like a tiger I became an early hunter
Searching for the warmest of hearts
Longing for something more
But I never had to venture far
For women are nurturers
From every valley to mountain top
And they will carry you to their den
If they see that you are lost
Love is a mighty force
That drives us to and fro
It keeps us ever searching
Further down the road
The memory of our greatest love
Is a gift we hold with might
Yet we freely give
You see women always nurture
Those in need for all the days they live.


Dedicated to every mother that found me along my searching path.

Virginia Van Horn
Dorothy Van Horn
Pam Thackeray
Ann Cornelius
Gloria Galindo
Joanne Moore
Carol Martin

and every other beautiful woman that mothered me along the way
 I want to say.
Thank you!