Park Bench

  

It’s an interesting place to sit.

Not a place where you can watch the people meander along.

No it’s a place that forces you to look inside.

The serenity at the top of the mountain allows for peace within.

Negativity evaporates into the sky to be lost forever.

Possibility like the view appears to be endless.

Too bad benches like this don’t appear in front of me more frequently.

Take me back one more time.

I just need five more minutes.

I just need.

11 Years Later

A single melody,

a single flower,

both transport me to another time.

Memories triggered of your crooked smile

and

the way your shoulders danced to the calypso beat.

Love is only stronger because with age has come

understanding.

They say you can’t escape your roots-

that’s just fine.

A zest for live, love, family, and nature with an undying sense of

adventure.

On Sunday we will have you back in our conversation.

The only tears will come from laughter-

that I promise you.

An Unmarked Path

Even in the thickest of forests where you cannot decipher where one tree starts and another one ends there is a path.

A break in the intimidation, calling you to explore.

No footprints speak of those who have gone before.

You can only see just the beginning.

It can take you deep inside with nothing to promise.

Irresistible to you inner adventurer but more irresistible when it comes to your need to run away.

Go ahead, wander in for a moment or two.

If you lose your edge you can always turn back but remember your steps will not leave a mark.

Internal Battles

 Exhaustion overtakes creation.

What’s more important survival or exploration?

It feels unjust to choose- 

Both lead somewhere, so at some point you have to pick a destination.

Anywhere, anywhere but here.

Before The Bloom

  

It’s a hint but not quite a promise for what’s to come.

A future filled with a unique beauty. Part of the pack yet distinct to its surroundings.

Even the same roots and care cannot guarantee the same outcome.

The mystery of spring encompassed by each, an unlimited number of chances. 

But what if one more freeze takes hold under the cover of darkness?

The bloom night not make it. Then again, it might just be more exquisite. 

It’s the inherent risk of nature- 

No beauty without sacrifice.

Illusion 

  

Spring brings with it longer days,

at least the illusion of more time.

Who doesn’t enjoy a good illusion?

Sync up to the sun.

A created happiness is

superior to

a demanded despair.

It’s only fake if you don’t believe it.