The sunburned stars Destroyed by the daylight Longing for night’s reprieve
Tag: love
Finding Home
Release expectation
Follow the sun in daylight
And stars at night
Listen for home’s sensation
When your heart is right
My childhood spent drifting, wandering the world. Eventually, home became this deep expectation, originally unwelcome. The beauty of the world intrigued me so. Now, living near my parents, and where grandparents spent their whole lives, there’s a rich connection. one whose beauty caught me off guard.
PerhapsĀ
Perhaps I cannot
Change much in
This broken world
Where cynicism
Valued more
Than compassion.
Perhaps.
InnocenceĀ
Innocence’s core
Deep into the abyss
Consumed by our longing
Willing sold for love
A fair trade?
Heart of Stone
Her heart of stone
Sedimentary rock
Made of pressure
Upon layers of
Heartache and
Pain
The Nature Of ThingsĀ
The flowers blooming
Comes abruptly, then it fades
The nature of things
Came across this rose while walking this afternoon. I hadn’t noticed it before, and the petals will be on the ground shortly.
Last Day Of School
This last day of school
Enjoy this summer of rest
Each fall brings changes
The last day of school brings some melancholy thoughts. Lots of lasts today, followed by a bunch of firsts. For my house, middle school ends. The little boy who once lived in my house is taller than me. Joyous stuff, really, yet tinged with sadness v
Changes, so many, a constant string; such is life, I guess.
This Sunday MorningĀ
Quite warm already
Neighborhood birds, quite subdued
Robbed of their vigor?
Fathers DayĀ
Fatherhood’s delights
Youth doing amazing things
Such satisfaction
Oh, To Have PeaceĀ
So very much rage
We delight in feeding it
I still pray for peace
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 