in morning light
the lines on my face jostle
for position –
I am grateful
Pat
7/12/21
Tag Archives: time
Over Time
I never could see my life without him
But there stood this broken trust
Shoving past all that I had come to know would only lead to regrets piled atop regrets –
never again feeling safe
As great as this love was
I knew me
It would not end well
So, I let it go in the most awful way
Never to see, or speak to him for ever
Time is not always the healer
she purports to be
Years later when we could again speak
He asked.
I explained.
That was not about you, I said.
That was about keeping that thread I was hanging by intact.
Pat R
6/22/21
Isn’t it pretty to think so.
–The Sun Also Rises (1926). Ernest Hemingway
Over at dVerse we are to write a poem based on a chosen quote from Hemingways work. I chose the above.
Linking to dVerse Poets Pub where Lisa is hosting Poetics -“One true sentence” . To read other entries go here
Cherish
I prefer keeping in mind even the possibility that existence has its own reason for being.
Even for those immeasurably flawed.
I know enough of the world to recognize I know nothing about why I am.
The inkling that flits through my consciousness from time to time says that cherishing the next breath, is the only moment of any consequence.
Worldly goods are just that..worldly.
They will still be such way after my time has come, and the worms are having their way with me.
Or, if I were bold enough, long after I’ve been scattered to the wind.
Pat
3/17/21
For dVerse Poets Pub where Merril is hosting and the prompt is to include the lines below in a piece of prose.
“I prefer keeping in mind even the possibility that existence has its own reason for being.”
— Wisława Szymborska, “Possibilities”
For further reading of other entries it to participate go here
A Thing in Time
Photo: Taken this morning as I sat, listening to the language of the creek.
newly green leaves,
how quickly they appear aged –
a thing in time
Pat R
5/31/19
Finally
Grains of Sand
time –
lost to the wind
like grains of sand
Pat R
9/18/17
For Carpe Diem Haiku
&
Daily Haiku Challenge
Waste
Time
rhythm of spring melt
icicles drip from eaves, one
second at a time
#2
icicles
dripping from the eaves –
out of time
Pat R
1/16/17
For Carpe Diem Haiku
&
DP Weekly Photo Challenge: Ambience
&
Time & Laughter
Photo : A park near me.
fallen leaves are brown
bare branches now face deep frost
how time has moved on
through weary bones, but laughter
tends my soul holding time still
Pat R
11/15/16
Lavender
hints of lavender
echoes of distant memories –
gentle steps through time
Pat R
10/07/16
