Prairie Coastline
Bluff jutting up
Coastline of the plains
Camouflaged in the earth tones
Five deer move as mountain goats
Written about going through Mitchell Pass.
About the Author: Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-086z)
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| Early morning in Western Nebraska, Scotts Bluff National Monument visible to the left. |
Daily Grind
Deer moving about in snow.
Herds around Monument, one wants across road.
Brake 'til truck is moving slow.
My presence is a goad.
Turns around.
Unusual just one.
Away she bounds.
People shunned.
Beauty centers thoughts.
Calm the mind.
Mental battles fought.
Release from daily grind.
About the Author: Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet.
Image is of a deer this evening near Scotts Bluff National Monument.
I have been pondering desires versus expectations. The truth of the space and place between, and what I believe. How what I experience and believe are interrelated in hopes versus expectations. Here is the free verse poem:
Space Between Desires and Expectations
Expectations are fantasy outcomes in the mind.
Expectations may be based in familiar and deep wound want healed.
Desires are hopes and longings residing in soul.
Desires are places in soul needing expression.
Expectations project my "garbage" on another.
Expectations are false places based on what believe entitled to.
Desire releases need to control, freedom.
Desire dwells in journey of present moment.
Tension in space between desire and expectation.
Expectations hijack hopes, longings, and desires.
"Manage" expectations is just managing disappoint.
Healthy to live in place of satisfying relationship with desires, hopes, and longings.
About the Author: Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet.
Image is of sunrise near Scott's Bluff National Monument taken on way to work this past Fall.
