Hardened By Life’s Unexpected Twists
byWeather-hardened eyes Staring emotionless through An unguarded door With a broken hinge The hardened heart Accepting the circumstance But any acknowledgement Waits…
Poetry About Life
The Sadness of Shattering
byThe profound sadness of shattering Moments and the beyond Breath collectively held for a moment And yet the analysis When sufficient time has…
Broken Woman
byShe speaks of the past often Rarely smiles Reminiscing about times when things were better Her young face No longer youthful Showing lines…
In Praise of Mother Nature
byA soft breeze slips effortlessly through the golden sheaves of wheat Whispering a message of hope to the huddled and downtrodden masses Falling mountain…
Winter Patrol
byThe barren landscape peeks through the winter curtain Brown branches, rusted metal, blackened ruins Barbed wire coils hide like serpents underfoot Shapes unknown lie…
The Traveller
byAgeless yet ancient Weathered faces Hands worn raw The battle fought within Man versus everything Gale force piercing winds Painful driving rainstorms Hardened brutal…
Museum Pieces
byLines of children Eyes transfixed Simply staring Their mouths agape Their eyes agog Silence deafening Immense wonder Surrounds them Ancient bones Towering high above Imaginations,…
The Weed Covered Lot
byObstacles in a weed covered lot Some small, others foreboding Aged bottles with faded labels Splintered wood Weathered, serrated, rough A rusty……….something Gnarled and arrogant Black…
Salvage Yard
by[one_half]A lonely salvage yard The rusted fence, high and silent Tipped with broken barbed wire Keeping out no one in particular Gnarled hollow trees,…
Contemplation
byContemplation….. When contemplation starts to whisper Tis folly to ignore, Release yourself to the unknown Take leave of your senses Just contemplate Reflect…