under the influence of lifeall things merge into oneforming a single perfect stormmotionless I lay on the turgiditycan approaching silence be so quiet?waiting in hope, in time and silencea single menacing mass approachesgray clouds merging intoa single menacing black masswaiting and listening in the silencewhat defines you nowis how you deal with this tempestafterward, do you lie basking in the sunlightor broken, bruised on the rocksfor in that silence you will be defined
Another year around the sun rolls by … another year opens up .. my life continues … what does the next year hold? All I know is that I keep chasing, moving forward .. skirting the gray .. pushing towards hope as I skirt the shadows …
My 55th birthday poem, a present to myself …. you decide if it is inspiring or depressing ….♥
closer to the edge
day by day
I skirt the sepia
my darkness
my solitude
I’ll lock the door
block the door
maybe step outside
and change the world
welcome to my world
my inner eternal battles
where even blood is gray
when coagulated by time
hope pushes out fear
pain and despair
is it all in vain
as I chase the gray
the moon behind my backwith shadows stretching out before,distorting, lengthening, changingthe way that lies ahead
standing in the grayhoping to arriveas I keep chasing rainbowsto dry my tears
take the old, and make it newpaper over the painalthough the cracksstill let the love inas the master saidthe world changesas we learn to make it newI’ll still care for youlet’s use what we gotmake do and make newlove is there for others toobut for you my love will always linger
Back from my travels in my gorgeous valley for awhile …enjoying the scenery with my morning run/walks with Lili and at times T 🙂 … and dragging my MTB for a cycle now and again
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Lili in her element … gotta love the pup 🙂
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Scenes across the valley in the early morning when we are running trails up the mountain
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Love these forest trails …..
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till next time …I trust you enjoyed these pictures as much I did taking them … 🙂
The gorgeous voice of Scottish singer Barbara Dickson from the iconic Mike Batt Album – Caravans, is spinning through my mind …with her haunting voice and thoughtful, searing soul searching lyrics.
Mike Batt wrote the score, for the 1978 movie – Caravans – which was a 1978 Iranian-American film directed by James Fargo and (loosely) based on the novel by James A. Michener. The soundtrack which I have on vinyl, was the most successful element of the film, remaining a bestseller for many years after the film’s release.
The core message of the Caravan Song resonates with me at this point in my life … and whilst listening to the album yesterday, precipitated a sole searching discussion with T
“I don’t know where I’m going But I’m going”
My life at present (summed up in a sentence), moving forward, but with no definitive end point or goal at present, the horizon, or some vague mirage of one, is there, I think… I am moving on, towards some end point (I hope) but not sure what awaits or where I am going, and how I will get there.
All I do know is that I am going, but to where or what awaits, remains a mystery…
The morning sun is waiting in the sky
And I think I’m gonna break away
And follow where the birds of freedom fly
I need you give
I need to live
For the world is slowly turning
And the light of love are burning
In my eyes
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Oh, my soul is on the run
Overland
I am flying
Caravans
Moving out into the sun
Oh, I don’t know where I’m going
But I’m going
Caravans
Oh, my soul is on the run
Overland
I am flying
Caravans
Moving out into the sun
Oh, I don’t know where I’m going
But I’m going
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