transformation

Explanation Unknown

Long path winding to destination unknown Strongly compels with temptation unknown Deep rooted trees attentively guide roadside Gnarly cheerleaders through motivation unknown Each tentative step intuitively follows another Tired feet persevere with determination unknown Invisible skittering critters crunch forest underbrush Each spy through curious investigation unknown Long winding path disappointingly runs a full circle Jen endsContinue reading “Explanation Unknown”

New Wings

Finding Summer magic In endings that transform To fresh beginnings and promise New wings Ronovan’s Cinquain Poetry Prompt 3: MAGIC TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 15, hosted by Yvette.

Revolving Doors

Time passes from hours to decades Routines alter to fit the timesAnother generation takes over and then anotherNothing exists without changeSlow to evolve are us humansForging our way through revolving doors Out to a new era and in to the same mistakesRevolutionizing the external worldMatters little to internal transformation Acts deemed as progress Turn to stepping stones for destructionInsightfulContinue reading “Revolving Doors”

What Will It Take?

What will it take for us to see beyond egos be truly free For love to reign what will it take make war for peace a BIG mistake Transformation of humankind what will it take to loosen binds History loops without a break end the cycle what will it take W3 Prompt #122: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Suzanne, prompts us toContinue reading “What Will It Take?”

Hidden

Beneath the surfacean old soul remainsburied under layers of contemporary viewpointsthat leave the foundation withinforgotten and derelict Chipping away the layersslowly reveals the essenceof the structures originreviving primal access W3 Prompt #90: Wea’ve Written Weekly’s host, David himself, prompts us to “…try our hands at a relatively simple ‘nonce’ poetic form that I created. ItContinue reading “Hidden”

Metamorphosis

Passage of timeSlow and steady metamorphosisShedding skin scarcely noticedSubtle transformationIndescribable beauty Sadje’s What do you see # 220

A caterpillarDoes not question its purposePeaceably munchingIts transformation will comeWithout force or objective Prompted by Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Peaceable and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)

Cracks

Such a beautiful building you once wereHost to many a partyHome to many a familyI must remind myself Don’t dwell on what has passed awayYou were not all perfectionHost to many a tragedyHome to many a suffererI must remind myselfThere is a crack, a crack in everythingDisrupting the very foundation of existenceThat’s how the lightContinue reading “Cracks”

Orange Tranformation

I shed the orange from my body – A color I have so despised;A symbol of humiliation, restriction and punishment.Yet the color refuses to relinquish me in my freedom.In the morning, the dewey grass shimmers orange;Water droplets touched by the rising sun.In the garden, hues of orange,Spill from the marigolds’ bright heads.I close my eyesContinue reading “Orange Tranformation”

Me In The Tree

My feet are planted firmly on the ground, As my toes drive deep into the damp earth; A sturdy foundation for my erect torso. Standing tall, my arms spread wide; My fingers stretch toward the sky sprouting leaves. My eyes stare as two woodpecker holes. I wait and I watch. For hundreds of years, IContinue reading “Me In The Tree”