when you hear the cry of wild wolves behind you
don’t look back
when walking on a dark forest’s floor you hear a roar
don’t look back
when unwanted memories haunt you
look ahead
don’t look back
instead
plow ahead
with your dreams
who knows what the future brings?
***
Towering ambitions
like castles in the sky
are for dreamers
who aren’t afraid to fly
it takes a bold person
who isn’t afraid to die
to embrace ambition
to pursue a goal
and bring it to fruition
**
A kitten’s proclivity
to curiosity
comes in shades of tabby
black, brown, gray, white
some tall and some small
all hunters at night
curiosity
gleams in their agate eyes
multi-colored felines
who like to fraternize
curiosity
in every slinky movement
nothing is left unexplored
or spared their amusement
***
Focus inward if you will
to that inner voice
that whispers be still
listen
breath
inhale
exhale
be open
to what’s
spoken
from the
heart
murmers
in the mind
listen
breath
inhale
exhale
be still
and learn
to be kind
and expand
your mind
just so you know
I’ll be needing one more sip
before I go
I know where
you want to take me
so let’s avoid a row
but before I go
another sip I’ll need
for my suppossed
misdeed
if you must know
I’m sipping
an expensive Bordeaux
on this nice night
the last thing
I want is a fight
so
step back boyos
and I’ll finish my wine
then you can take me
anytime
the people who spend their time really communicating
are taking an important path towards eliminating hating
learning to have a successful conversation
is the way to reinvigorate a polarized nation
it’s important young and old listen to one another
instead of stepping on words disrespecting the other
for civility to return to our divided society
we need to call out destructive impropriety
It needs to stop
Everyone needs to listen
Then we can talk
our society has phonies to the left and right
truth is shunned and kept out of the limelight
getting real in these chaotic times is no easy task
everyone in the country is hiding behind a mask
deciding what is right or wrong is a real chore
it’s difficult to know who to abhor or adore
getting real is becoming harder every day
because people worry about what to say
it takes confidence and purpose to get real
sometimes it also takes nerves of steel
awakening at the first light of day
I think of the challenges ahead
some with hope and others with dread
it’s never easy getting out of bed
the key, I’m told, is a good attitude
in spite of what may lie ahead
you realize it’s better than being dead
so let your worries go unsaid
life is a merry-go-round
my grandfather use to say
embrace it and have a good day!
The valley was a wintery tableau
buried beneath a carpet of freshly fallen snow
where a defiant flower bulb did silently grow
snugged in beneath the frozen ground
it didn’t wait for spring to come around
already emerging safe and sound
100 words
She opened her eyes and pushed away the darkness of eternity. Not yet ready to submit to that unknown journey. She embraced her life for one more day.
Happy memories gave her strength to ignore her dying body. Her pale eyes still reflected determination and an active imagination.
Her fierce soul fought to stay one more day. She would not let her life slip away silently like it never happened.
Grasping for each hour like a sinking swimmer she held on until the next dawn when her soul let go leading her towards a bright glow and an eternal rainbow.
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