Sunday, June 18, 2017

Control

           Control

C onstant hypervigilance
O ut of fear
N ever enough
T rust no one
R obs joy
O nly ifs
L ove squelched

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-166A)

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Snow Serenely Falls


Snow serenely falls

Aspen leaves moan
In late Spring storm
Coats in beauty's purity

All hidden beneath the blanket
A ravenous loose covering multitude of sin
No longer exposed to all that's been
New day of joy's consummation

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-138A)

Friday, June 16, 2017

Endings

Endings

Somber heart
Aches with longing
What yet can be

Story yet to be told
Each day is a page
Volume of a life

How it ends
Depends on the Source
From which I draw

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-122A)


Thursday, June 15, 2017

Tap the Source


Tap the Source

 
Roots go deep
Draw out life
What's the Source

Polluted waters?
Living waters?
Impacts reproduction

Effects fruit
Produce bitter fruit?
Produce sweet fruit?

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-122A)

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Bleached Bones Scattered


Bleached Bones Scattered
Close to where they fell
In stark whiteness
Red soil pocked with scrub

Where last breath breathed
Now marked with bones
Life taken away
In cycle of seasons


About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-141A)

Monday, June 5, 2017

Giving

                 Giving

Memories bubble to the surface
Percolate through layers of time
Once forgotten return in an instant
Moments of joy and excitement

Visit places from our courtship
When young and naïve
When arrogantly had life under control
Untested relationship as explore

Yet here we are after all the years
Knocked down yet still pressing on
Scars of battle mark the soul and mind
As mature love nurtured

Endurance in the race
Marriage change multiple times
As love expands with each season
A journey not for the faint of heart

Growth that only happens in close quarters
Exposes all the selfishness and dark within
Not knowing it was even there
Deep work with Father to transform

New relationship with Father
Experience Him in a deeper intimacy
Receive grace, mercy, love, and forgiveness
Brokenness the path to knowing depths of Him

Little by little change comes
Respond in a new ways
See vistas only another can offer
Entwined together


About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-138B)