Hope Whispers

hope whispers

     in the rustle of limbs

leaves

     lackadaisically float

memories

       dried leaves devoid of color

seasons of marriage as walk on what once was

      now dead

hope whispers

     in the sliver of moon

wondering

       if I am crazy in what I see

beauty

       for me found in ordinary places

that

       others walk by

hope whispers

     softly of restoration of brokenness

where forgiveness

     flows and mercy embraces

undeserved love

     expressed in spite of the pain

remembering

       the good times we have had

19-298y

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Blazing

Blazing sky awakens

vibrant quaking of Aspens

of impending change again

as shed their summer coats

Invitation cross liminal land

into star filled pools above gaze

penetrating slowly as dew falls

softening path of heart trampled and packed

19-239A

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Lean In

Lean In

She hangs on his arm

leans into him

bound together

they walk as one

In the cool morning

they glide among the crowd

sparking embers of fire

gloam upon the ground

Arousing hope in all

the young and old

of what can be

once again

19-285z

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Inspiration - a younger couple, late 20s, walking around at the balloon festival in Albuquerque. So entranced with each other they clung together as they walked. A blissful moment.

Raspberry Sunrise

Raspberry sunrise

dolloped with

blueberry expectations

facing the resistance

of mid-October's gale

briskness shakes

shivers down spine

radiates into core

of endings

and beginnings

layers now cover

what was once bare

skin swaddled tight

once again 

winter's foreboding

19-293y

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#westernnebraska, #seasons, #nature, #fall, #winter

Crown

Crown

Clothed in vibrant purple

needle thin petals an ornate crown

about bold yellow pistil

unaware of impending season change

Stands in powerful defiance

against forbidding gray

uninhibited by approaching cold

exposure draws in curious eyes

19-272B

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image (c) b. bucks from the Black Hills

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