Untethered (17-115A)

       Untethered

Panic in wide open space

Drift in expanse untethered

Alone with my fears

Deceptive story that hear

Interrupt the story

Rest while adrift

Change perspective

Embrace the gift

Be gentle to soul

Long journey to whole

Face fears of past

Destiny to cast

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-115A)

Blossoms Fall

      Blossoms Fall

Water playfully drips
Snow melts
Heavy snow
Falls from trees

Meadowlarks joyfully sing
Sounds of life
Entwined together
Stop and observe

Lilacs laden with snow
Purple contrasting white
Short bursts
Vibrant colors

Wind and warmth shakes
Leaves and branches clean
Soon beauty's damage
Revealed as blossoms fall

Video is of the Spring snow melting today as bushes are starting to bloom. A typical high plains Spring.

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-119A)

So Slow

             So Slow

As we journey together on fire
We meld desires
Passion grows
Love ever so slow
Draws out the dross that stains
Exposing deepest pains
Maturity gain
Never be the same

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-111B)

Herd Ways

                Herd Ways

Horses coming in from the pasture
They gather a quarter mile away
At the bottom of the hill
The race up begins

They crest the hill
The lead mare slows
Energy dissipates
As prepare for sharp turn

Into the open face shed
They tumble into place
Dominant mare and gelding
Others take their places in the rain

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-111C)

Standing

Standing

Standing in lush green

High plains in the Spring

Edge of Great American Desert

In territory fight chased away

Warmth of early day

Primal beauty awakes

In the creek bottom

Standing proud in the grass

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-109D)

Transplant

            Transplant

In the ashes prepare the ground
Push the shovel down with my weight
Scoop out the dirt, repeat
Earth ready to receive

Work with the soil
Prepare the roots
Planting beauty in the debris
For the future what will be

Sprinkle with water
Baptizing new life
What was dead
To live again

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-106B)

Love's Dance of Union

Love's Dance of Union 

                  -i-

Love's dance of union

Ask for this

Settle for that

Invite again

                  -ii-

Love's dance of union

Pursuit and pleasure

Claimed and known

Learning to dance

                  -iii-

Love's dance of union

Stepping on each other's toes

Stumbles and tumbles

Beginners practicing this dance

                  -iv-

Love's dance of union

Trusting and letting go

Embracing rhythms flow

Dancers transform ever so slow

                  -v-

Love's dance of union

Know the steps now mix them up

Impromptu coreography 

Presents new show

                  -vi-

Love's dance of union

Delight of passion

Expressed in footwork and spins

Love covers past sins

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-108C)

Greater Than

     Greater Than

His love is greater than
All my sin and shame
All sorrow and pain

His love is freely given
Always offered
Often refused

His love is redemptive
Washes me clean
Resores my place in Him

His love
Beyond understanding
Heals the mind and heart

His love 
Mixed with mercy
Full of grace

His love
Hope to the hopeless
Life to the dieing 

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-104A)

They Spill

                         They Spill

As the herd saunters by on the narrow road
They meander down the hill
Picking up speed as each hoof falls
Until they spill out in the wide pasture

Galloping free in the open prairie
Reminding of days long ago
When boundaries were undefined
And fences didn't divert the flow

Picture is of part of the mob running free. About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-103B)

Blood Red Rose

Blood Red Rose

 -i-

Blood red rose

Satin petals invite

Whiff of scent

Evokes memories of beauty

      -ii-

Blood red rose

An invitation

A bid for more

Vulnerability offered

       -iii-

Blood red rose

Redemptions call

A silly flower

Heart that bleeds

         -iv-

Blood red rose

Spring in the air

Love's double edge

Risk and reward

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-080I)

Roots Remaining

               Roots Remaining

In the quiet place where soul is still

Explore the places with resistive chill

After all these years roots yet remain

Believe its gone just to find I'm the same

Heart aches in truth of slow transformation

Wonder if will ever get to blind spot

Internal source, spring of trauma and pain

Until its drained, results the same

Oh God I am in desperate need of You

Invite You in to touch this place

You are my Source and well of Living Water

Cleans the pollution in my well

I choose to cooperate with You

Align myself with You

Surrender myself in this place

Into Your loving care and arms.

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-087A)

You're Gonna Be Ok

A little different blog post, a different form of creativity. Be blessed and encouraged as you listen.

Song is by Jen Johnson called You're Going to Be Okay. All images were taken by our family.

Dance with Me

     Dance with Me

Take up my invitation

Take the step

Co-labor in My creation

Follow My lead

Give and take in the dance

Fluid motion melding together

Gaze in My eyes risk the glance

Union purges and merges

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-092Z)

Sifting

                    Sifting

A season of sifting

Where what can be separated is separated

Undone place where fallenness exposed and stripped

A shaking by Truth out of loving kindness

Either makes, breaks, or both

Pleasing to Father that turn and not harden heart

Softening and tenderizing of heart and being

Like meat through a tenderizer

Meant to soften and tear away

Oil of the Lord applied and worked deep

Tenderized so seasoning becomes inseparable

A flavoring of sacrifice pleasing to Father

Pulling close to Him

Allowing His hands to press deep

Becoming all He created me to be

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-090B)

Dance with Father

      Dance with Father

Take up the invitation
Surrender all hesitation
Experience a new sensation
Explore depths of salvation

Give and take in the dance

Fluid motion melding union

Gaze in My eyes risk the glance

Union purges and merges in the dance

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-092C & Z)