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Poet, Questioner and Walker in darkness
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“How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg. Four. Saying that the tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” Abraham Lincoln

Walking towards the cliff Eyes wide open Never looking side to side Never hearing any others Can’t step aside Can’t admit to the cliff To deep into the commitment To deep into the deception Walking to never see the truth Walking to our end #poem #poetry #poet #writer #questioner

Humane #poetry #poem #booksky #art #writerscommunity #author

The sunlight comes through the window It brings new pleasure as it dances in It brings new hope as the day dawns To sit and ponder life’s treasures A freshness and awakening abound #poem #poetry #poet #writer #skybluepoem

“The hardest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and banner of justice” Montesquieu

The fear we feel Are we just imagining it Are we just making it larger than it is Or is it the sign of a storm We are in uneasy waters Waters that are unpredictable Waters that we can’t control Tomorrow is coming to soon #poem #poetry #poet #writer

It doesn’t happen all at once. Healing isn’t a sunrise suddenly flooding the sky with light. It’s slower than that, a quiet unfolding, a patchwork of small moments stitched together over time. #poetry #poem #mentalhealth #healing

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” Martin Luther King Jr #quote #poem #poetry

We stand alone But surrounded by many Our journey is our own But hands hold us up Alone but never alone #poem #poetry #poet #writer #blueskypoem

We all know it The #onslaught of lies Hurling & spitting Playing “Lord of the Flies” They #disarm #Displace #disengage Dismantling alarms To enrage & persuade Petty distractions Sharpie scribbles gulf’s new name Larva of fascism Maggots’ Dangerous Game #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #Writing #Poem

A string of failures Can motivate the heart We often have to hit bottom To understand the top Never give up - Never give in #poem #poetry #poet #skybluepoem #writer

They live on fear and hate They live on negativity They live on sticking it to others They live on only what they believe They live in their world all closed off They live on breaking the dreams of others Because they lost their dreams long ago Dreams are what life is about Dream on- Question on

“An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes” Sun Tzu

Here is today's poem called "Snow" #poetry #poem #vss365 #prompt #poetsofbluesky #writing #quickquill #slipstream

Human is all of us Separation brings division And division brings barriers Barriers to having togetherness And togetherness is our survival And survival depends on humanity And humanity is our moral compass Our heart and soul of being truly human #poem #poetry #poet #writer

We are from elsewhere It’s the paradox of life We have adopted what we like in others And have made it our own All of us the sum total of the others All the global cultures touching one another And melding into a beautiful melody The melody of our life #poem #poetry #poet #writer

Happy Valentine’s Day darlings 💞 #love #lovepoetry #lovepoem #endings #poems #poetry #poet #poetsofbluesky #skypoets #blueskypoetry #writersofbluesky #bskypoets #poemabout #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #writing

Resistance is not futile It is only futile if we don’t resist One step in front of the other One time in front of the another Each moment changes the next Take one step Just one step Celebrate the step One step - one time And it begins #poem #poetry #poet #writer #blueskypoem

Good morning #bluesky friends! 💙🌊🫶😍 “The sea will wash away our footprints but not the fact we made them.” — Marty Rubin #sunrise #footprints #pacificocean #shoreline #islandlife #clouds #photography #nature #westcoast #waves

What is the definition of success Is it money and wealth Is it power and control Is it happiness and contentment Or Is it knowing when you have enough And a willingness to share with others #poem #poetry #writing #blueskypoem #poet #quetioner

I will be my safe-haven I will hold me close I will listen to my inner voice The one I trust the most I will find refreshing The joy of being me I will find enlightening What others might not see There will never be another face Reflecting who I am In that will be my power The truth upon, I stand

Then you realize it's not the one who moves the ground beneath you but the one who centers you. It's not the one who steals your heart, but the one who makes you feel as if you have it back. ~ Pablo Neruda

We are like butterflies Constantly changing Fluttering in the wind A wind can be blistering A wind can be calm This is our life Constantly changing Moment to moment #poem #poetry #poet #skybluepoem #writer

#vss365 #chase #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #writing #writers #writingcommunity

I thought I understood I thought I saw it But it passed right through me I had to turn around And walk back So I did not miss the moment #poem #poetry #poet #writing #blueskypoetry

There will come a moment, Sometime soon, maybe sooner, When I will cease to be a proponent Of this little shackle-square Which glares scarring blue light In my open eyes. I will raise my head to its full height And take in the world. Only to find I prefer incarceration Over my #liberation. #vss365

The human touch The empathy role Putting others first Can we guide our future Or are the injustices of the past our future #poem #poetry #poet #questioner #blueskypoerty

Tranquillity

Are we alive When evil surrounds us Are we human When humanity has lost favor Are we just surviving When all roads seem closed #poet #poerty #poem #blueskypoetry #questioner #writer

People say it's like a cycle More it's like a #cyclone Life reigns in destruction For the time we spent Then hatred rears revival Render hearts so alone Life reins in construction For the love we sent To the lonely child To the soulful yearning Baleful all the while As the world is burning. #vss365

The convenient Christian They walk among us They speak of Christianity They speak of religion They speak of morals They speak of ethics What they speak doesn’t match them Their actions give them away The convenient Christian

The happiness we find In the littlest of things Sometimes we forget The blades of grass We are to busy Rushing to the next And the next, and the next #poem #poetry #poet #write

Look beyond the window pane The visions that are framed What lies over the mountains? Or way beyond the lane? Do not let what you see Be all that you might know Look on high and side to side Even look below #BlueSkyRelay #Poetry #WritingPrompts #Aphorism

How far do we reach out We know the need is there But reaching out makes us vulnerable It has consequences The so called rewards are not for us To some reaching out seems unnecessary To some the will is lost But what about the ones in the cold How far is to far Is there ever a to far #poem

One of my book club members sent me this quote today. “When people believe a delusion, they believe it harder than real facts” General William Sherman - December 1860 Sometimes things change to stay the same #poem #poetry #writer #poet

Look at things that trouble you Not the things that comfort you Look at things that hurt you Not at things that soothe you Look at things that are discomforting Not that comfort you The safe course is the hopeless course We learn in troubled waters #poem #poetry #poet #writer #author

Family member against family member Friend against friend It was never really about groceries or eggs We chose to ignore it We chose to overlook it We spent a lifetime Thinking we shouldn’t judge Thinking we should ignore and overlook Thinking we didn’t need to stand up Thinking and Thinking

Something about ice When I'm already drowning. Never felt it break. #dailyhaikuprompt (thin ice) #haiku #senryu

A drop in time What does it change What does it matter Just a drop in time One moment changed One thought conceived One time changed

No sun today Just clouds and drear Disheartening heart Spirit felt Will hope arise Tomorrow brings #poem #poerty #poet

We use our reality to justify our reactions We say “I don’t know if this is true but” And with that the foundation of our reality is laid A foundation that defies facts A foundation that defies what we see A foundation that births our unconsciousness Never to be woken up again #poem #poerty #poet

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