pop's poetry

Category: Mood

  • winter solstice

    The whole day is a similar length
But sunlight is the shortest today
A near full moon softens the night
‘til the sun can break through the fray

Love, my friend, always has strength
But at times the darkness holds sway
A warm smile can bring needed light
To a soul that is weak and afraid

Though the day is much shorter than night
As this solstice of winter makes way
In the night we embrace in our hearts
May we find the love that we crave

  • i’ve got to…

    That’s how it starts, the spiral down
An eye twitch that begins slowly
The notice to your body
That anxiety is here
Taking over today
Every thought
Sinking

I’ve got to…

  • halloween

    the children keep coming
well into the evening
ghouls and goblins abound
witches and superheroes
and the occasional princess
sweet as the sugar we’re pedaling
they come and go every year
and never seem to get older
gladly taking candy from our
spotted and wrinkled hands
as fast as we can hand it out
placating the never ending hoards
coming to our door again
this year as with every year
and again our hearts are as full
as our bowl of candy
for on this night at this house
the joy of the children
is all the magic we need

  • courage

    From the heart, it seeps into the rest
A drop at a time
Creating rings, ever widening
Never ending
Throughout one’s soul
And into the hearts of those nearby
Eventually reaching all surrounding life
On every shore
Waiting for change, receptive to hope
Courage is the wave
Created by one drop of faith
In what could be done

  • middle

    It’s not a race
The finish isn’t the goal
The journey is the end
And the beginning
The Tao says the walls
Of a house are only important
To create the empty space
Where life can happen
To keep out the weather
Is important, but without
The empty space
A house would be a rock
Life and Love are the same
The beginning and end
Exist only to create
The marvelous middle
To put focus on destinations
Loses sight of the now
Being present
Is all that really matters
It’s not a race
The finish is not the goal
Our journey is the end
And the beginning