Linking with the Sunday Muse for Muse #189 hosted by the utterly amazing poet Shay who has graciously filled in for me. Thank you my friend!
I somehow ended up writing 3 different poems. Nothing magnificent, just what the image spoke to me.
What We Learn to Carry,
When you are troubled with worry at a young age
Your faith either becomes a mighty force
Or it grows small like the mind of a cynical old man
Always speculating what could go wrong
But somehow you survive
The storm passes
If you are lucky
The near crash never happens
The fog clears
Your heart finds love anyway
You learn that the wolf on your back
Can be a friend even as a foe
One that gives us strength to carry on with him
Or the might to hold freedom in letting him go.
Don’t Attempt This at Home,
Somethings in life are foolish and others downright
dangerous
Like giving birth at home,
chain saws and beer
motor cycles on icy
roads
Falling in love with your therapist
Announcing at your
father’s retirement party you are marrying an artist
Giving your brother old tuna sandwiches and hoping for the
best
Walking in the woods alone when you are directionally
challenged
Wearing a fur coat to a Sierra Club Convention
Smoking in bed
Living beyond your means
Driving with no insurance
Not reading the directions
Shall I go on?
Purpose,
We hunt for things we cannot see
The warmth we never knew
The shade of something greater
A love that is true
Sometimes in the searching
The wandering that lost hearts know
We find meaning in the journey
And show others where to go.
