William Ernest Henley 1849-1903 Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond thisContinue reading “Invictus-“
Category Archives: Poems
bare
coffee in a broken tea cup
silence her guide
slowing her pace
finding that whimsical ride
feet bare
conversing with the earth
knowing this is the place
where she’d
truly find her worth
snowdrops
fair maids of february
white violets of the spring
awaken now
sweet beauties of resilience
teach me of thy song
you
sing…
sail
sanguine waves sing, even there a language of you
dawn
the dawn,
as wild as her carnival heart
prisms of red and pink
scorch the silent sea
as restless beats answer
to another day….
roots
in ripples, these veins growing flowing reaching beseeching ……evermore I captured this image on a hike, captivated by its resemblance to that of veins, reaching out, as if spellbound by the call of the sea. You can view more of my photography on my Instagram page here.
everlong
a sea of pink jewels
parade my hair
wind whistling
dancing, entrancing
to the symphony of jasmine notes
floating, drifting in the air
hollow
wildflowers in frenzy bloom in her forest of mossy groves
bloom
resilience her never ending bloom oh she has her cracks where the wild things grow and fault lines only she knows in shade she finds a rebirth of cities where archaic winds whisper hold testaments along crooked stone all that glitters is not always gold they cry they bemoan yet she in a secretContinue reading “bloom”
calypso
in this midnight heat
with the ghost of steel drums in the air
fill me with this you