Kaleidoscopes create dazzling beauty by simply twisting together broken bits of vibrant charms Never portraying same image twice My masterpiece will never mirror yours Drawing upon individual slights of hand We each spin that magical cylinder to reflect our own colors And when the image is not quite what we had hoped it would be and the colors seem a little skewed We … Continue reading Kaleidoscope
Give and take Questions and answers Choices and consequences My plan Unfolds as I go Recalculations of perfection How am I to know where I should be somewhere down the road The person I am today casts out wishes of hope hoping the me of tomorrow is ready to receive Knowing the foundation I spend time building sometimes stands on shaky … Continue reading Free Spirit
In a frozen world bound by rigid rules a stark landscape leaves no room for expansion beyond ice-covered walls Fear of failure makes the likelihood of escape as remote as a tiny seed finding enough purchase to grow in that requisitioned tundra With a burning desire to cultivate a meaningful existence framed within a warmer climate Ambition fuels the fire that transforms frigid … Continue reading Transforming Landscapes
If nothing else there is music Melodies that capture memories Carrying me back to another time When I would rock my baby to sleep as “You are My Sunshine” played softly in the background If nothing else there is music Songs that transport me Carrying me to another time When I would dance with my children as “September” shook the walls of our home … Continue reading There Is Music
George Eliot said, “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” What does that say about who you were that makes you what you are now? If it is said each step begins a journey and each must follow his own path, what do the missteps and jaunts in the wrong direction say about the traveler? How does a broken road … Continue reading Broken Road
