A door is opened
some call it a prison
I am refreshed
you are there
dressed in yellow
your face lights up
moments float like petals
younger times
come to mind
we giggle
I take off my uniform
reminded of a perfect day
in a world
Alzheimers is a not allowed
dog eared pages
leaf through journal
too many wounded whispers
tears spilt in heavenly petition
hearse turns the corner
cut on cracked window
suffer not, leap of faith
no crying over turned milk
wounds will heal
I whistle for man’s best friend
fresh are the page’s delight
fly red white and blue
still standing for freedom
nation under God
Happy Fourth of July to the United States of America!
Autonomy is the one word prompt for WordPress today. What could be more autonomous than a country like America that has always encouraged free speech, freedom of ideas, freedom to create, freedom to rely on oneself?
“The Truth shall set you free!”
Gallant stripes ripple in the breeze
children in unison pledge allegiance
at attention heroes salute her
beneath her the dead have lain
scorned, torn and burned
the battle beneath her rages
her rags wipe up man’s derision
emblematic she flies for freedom
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“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest- tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
Have you ever jumped on the bare back of a horse? You have to hang on with your legs as the two of you escape the world’s gravity and ride in the breeze of freedom. Sorrowfully you must resign yourself to the dismount and returning to regular mundane terra.
equine beauty
man and beast seek freedom’s path
horizon’s silhouette
Have you ever escaped with a horse as your companion?
She confident, flits
over my dry and barren soul
brush against fingertips
of my sorrow do you know?
Neither can we speak
I stand in silent wonder
vibrant never weak
heart beats strong like thunder
Daring and alive
this race that she is in
touch hope, now I strive
She vibrant as the wind
our eyes for moments meet
her smile so pure and bright
her convection ever sweet
my burden now seems light
Mercy takes a wing
lift another is her goal
joy her journey brings
detach each from life’s shoals
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Lift our spirits
gently remove life’s pain
Mercy’s butterfly
There are days when life seems too weighty. Those are the days when mercy is the greatest comfort. I hope this poem lifts your spirits (even for a moment.)
Thank you to Poet’s United for this week’s prompt – Mercy.
Proverbs 11:17 “A man who is kind (merciful) benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.”
It’s your moment
you look over the edge
no words can express
the exhilarating dread
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what if I fall?
it seems I could fail
look up at the sky
freedom’s wings will prevail
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I’ve been taught all I need
will it be quite enough?
to hold the scepter of truth
the first leap it is rough
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blind I enter life
through the desert I have crawled
the journey is bumpy
beneath liberty I’ll stand tall
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Freedom
bird’s first flight
updraft has a price
This week at Poet’s United our challenge is to write a poem about Freedom.
Every country, every person has a different vantage point; all I would think would agree that there is a precious price to attain and maintain Freedom.
Kindergarten Classroom ideas
Life at Sixty-five
"O begin!...Whether you like it or no, read and pray daily. It is for your life; there is no other way: else you will be a trifler all your days" -- John Wesley
Proverbs 31:26
Write Wild. Write Now.
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