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Discovering Stasis [Poem]

Published on September 14, 2021 
Sitting outside
on a beautiful day
the sun warms my skin
as the wind playfully rushes by
and in one cool sweeping grasp
steals it
before I can act

It is then
in but the span of a moment
that I feel nothing
neither warm nor cool
not wind nor sun
and my skin is dissolved
into the world
as the entirety of the world
is dissolved into my skin

How curious
that I am reminded
in but the span of a moment
that stasis can be found
maybe not permanently
but in the spaces in between

Where nothing is triggering
but nothing is comforting either
when wind finally arrives
and sun touches down once again
where all forces momentarily pause
and take much needed rest
before rushing again quickly
to wherever they need to be next

Our Art

Published on August 31, 2021 
The picture you paint in your mind
as you read the words I arrange
is the art we create together

Two Kinds Of Travel

Published on August 29, 2021 
The first
Everybody knows of
Dreams of
Lusts over
Forever plans for
That reveals small pockets
During hard to find time

It’s the second
The less talked about
The less sexy
The kind that happens
From the confines of a chair
That reveals entirety
During time that's always been there

Roots

Published on August 21, 2021 
Don’t let the wind uproot you.
Let its best attempts
To topple, twist, bend, and break
Be the exact force you need
To shimmy your roots deeper
Into the very ground
It was plotting to yank you from.

The Creators Of Tide

Published on June 17, 2021 
Every act of creation
 adds a drop to the tide

 every compliment made from nothing
      every thank you properly shared
 every smile gifted to another
      every work of art created with care
 every loving embrace
      every bridge made from here and there

 adds a drop to the tide
 that lifted us from down there


 Every act of destruction
 takes from the tide

 every comparison made
      every expectation shared
 every frown imposed upon another
      every opportunity for work, done without care
 every embrace avoided
      every bridge burned leaving some here, some there

 takes from the tide
 that lowered us from up there


 From nothing to something
 we are the creators of tide

 From something back to nothing
 oh, don’t you damn hide

 It’s you and it’s me and it’s all of us together
      creating and destroying
      lifting and lowering
      caring and not caring
 that results in the tide that we
      like it or not
 all have to share

Sun Always Shines

Published on June 14, 2021 
 Sun always shines
 Earth may have turned
 Or clouds moved between
 But don’t confuse all dark with no sun
 Sun always shines
 

 Light in you always shines
 Though backs may turn
 Or moods may fog
 Don’t confuse all dark with no light
 Light in you always shines
 

 Building happens better in the light
 Don’t settle so quick for habits of the night
 While it may seem no end’s in sight
 And that life may only be squinting and strife
 Be patient
 Building happens better in the light
 

 Backs, as Earth, will rotate once more
 Clouds, as mind, will clear like before
 And what you will realize
 Is that light, while obstructed, was never that far
 The light in you was always shining
 As bright as before