Watching You Soar

I watch your ambitions soar high with envious consternation assuming new shapes in the sky   I watch your ambitions soar high brilliant minds never lie in captive imagination.   I watch your ambitions soar high with envious consternation   Triolet information used from the following links http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/triolet.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triolet   Inspired by Weekend Writing Prompt … Continue reading Watching You Soar

A parent grows up

I watched my child grow bolder, as he tackled small challenges in life. He could walk a few steps without support, and then hold a glass in his tiny, but steady fingers. I see him pushing the boulder up the hill, and my heart goes out to him. But he has grown up now, and … Continue reading A parent grows up

Legacy

  The legacy that I carry within me is invisible, but not imperceptible. It is the driving force that spurs me on to act, to reach unmarked milestones, to complete something that I do not know is incomplete without me. The spirit has traversed this path before, and remains unfulfilled. It calls for fulfilment and … Continue reading Legacy

Astray

let me go astray wild imagination fuelling instincts   let me go astray unbound and unfettered to find anchors   wild imagination takes me everywhere outside myself   fuelling instincts illuminates the pathways back towards the core   Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille - Troiku

Beliefs

Will I? Won’t I? Will they? Won’t they? My battle with beliefs continues as they struggle to find place in my psyche. It is a battle of wills, a battle of control, a power game played to the hilt. I know I have to live with a few, but I exercise my choice of replacing … Continue reading Beliefs

Rocking the World

Once upon a time ideas and strength rocked the world   I watch the swag and fleeting glory of rock stars today with mild amusement sprinkled with a little disdain.   Concepts change values outlive themselves the world’s a stage where hollowness is having its day. (44 words)   Quadrille #45

Cracks

over and above all the broken surfaces just glued together   is heavy shine trying to conceal underlying cracks   ignored foolishly left unattended, when raw hurt lies within   look deep when you ache reverberations of pain speak of differences   Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #176

The ‘Real’ Me

I feel real as it is the only reality I know. A wild theory suggests that we are living in a simulation. Will that change the manner in which we act or react? If we are indeed there, the simulation is a reality for the participants, and an experience for a viewer. A coach tells … Continue reading The ‘Real’ Me