I rest in this place So far from where I wish to be And a long time From the memory Of quiet and solitude I remain here in this place Always a bit unsettled A drive pushing me To another space and place A water creature Living in the landlocked desert Finding beauty around me … Continue reading A Long Time Away #WWWBlogs
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Prisms #wwwblogs
It is uncomplicated - Rainfall - A change in scenery A balm for the dry sands Even the darkness Is refracted Into ground level stars Winking back at us Through captured raindrops It soothes something long buried And its rhythms build into A midnight lullaby As the world becomes transformed Beyond the veil of weather … Continue reading Prisms #wwwblogs
Foundation #wwwblogs
How many ghosts sought rest Beyond that broken countenance? The house stood crushed into shambles Until someone cared enough To build it back up... The critical eye can see When it is time to tear down Bring the structure to its knees And find the foundation again Demolish to the ground And construct the new … Continue reading Foundation #wwwblogs
When a Woman Speaks the Truth #wwwblogs
When a woman speaks the truth The world tries to shout her down She will be criticized for her tone While content is ignored When a woman speaks the truth Her motives are questioned Her language becomes politics And justice can never be her goal When a woman speaks the truth The world seeks to … Continue reading When a Woman Speaks the Truth #wwwblogs
Coming to Light #wwwblogs
The sky shades To fire And the sea carries Those burnt shadows A golden world Gone into rusts Veins of iron Running beneath the surface We see only A single dancing flame When beyond our eyes A conflagration devours We see the beauty Before the pain That created it ~ Caroline A. Slee
Waiting #wwwblogs
Around each corner It waits Suspense And echoing footfalls It waits As we hold our breath Motionless Hoping For a dark cloud To pass over us We wait Seeking invisibility As prey hides From the hunter's Hungry gaze - Caroline A. Slee
Fatigue #wwwblogs
Perhaps someday I could return As a house cat Committed to naps And pampered with rest Instead of living This life of deadlines And alarm clocks Always just a little tired A little sleep-deprived As the day comes upon me - Caroline A. Slee
A Pale Horse #WWWblogs
He never dreamed He carried our doom Drumming hooves Over fields - We watched his approach Passive, unmoving Remembering the lessons Of the past And closing our eyes to them - Willful ignorance Carried on a pale horse The perversion of virtue Holding forth In hallowed halls - While we chased Our greed And cheerfully … Continue reading A Pale Horse #WWWblogs
Drifting #wwwblogs
I want to live Where I see the sky Duplicated On water's surface I want to walk Where my toes Can sink Into cool shallows Where the dawn Comes with rising steam And the silence Of a world shrouded I want to rest Where stillness Is disrupted By a bird's sudden dive And the evasion … Continue reading Drifting #wwwblogs
Moody #wwwblogs
The road dissolves Into murky gloom As we move forward Into what we cannot see Nature follows us Or we follow her moods Walking our path Regardless Whether the sun smiles down Or winds try to force us back We step out With the will to continue Unbroken Though our surfaces May be scarred and … Continue reading Moody #wwwblogs