Fused

Fused

Cottony paper draws the ink

like memories of you

Etched fire brick red

upon the hearth of my heart

Warmth radiates from each word

tattooed deep within

(18-227A)

Hope Whispers Softly

Hope Whispers Softly

         -i-

Hope whispers softly
New thoughts
New possibilities
Battle of belief

         -ii-

Hope whispers softly
You're going to be okay
God is bigger than hurts
Don't waste your pain

        -iii-

Hope whispers softly
Take a step of faith
Take a new path
Take a new risk

         -iv-

Hope whispers softly
Receive mercy
Receive love
Receive acceptance

         -v-

Hope whispers softly
Don't die inside
Don't give up
Don't dishonor self

         -vi-

Hope whispers softly
Give acceptance
Give love
Give mercy

        -vii-

Hope whispers softly
In the darkest of night
In the darkest corner of soul
In the darkest despair

        -viii-

Hope whispers softly
There is more
There is joy
There is love

         -ix-

Hope whispers softly
There is restoration
There is reconciliation
There is redemption

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-130B)

Desire

         Desire 

            -i-
Desire to be known
Like honey on finger tips
Sticky and sweet
Golden yellow of sun seasoned flesh

            -ii-
Desire to know
Thick sweetness dripping from honeycomb
Lost in lush undergrowth
Blazing new trails in wild union

            -iii-
Desire to be touched
Softness burns
Marking two souls
Unseen brand

            -iv-
Desire to touch
Textures gossamer and burlap
Fiery heat conducted between
Reading each page of body in braille

            -v-
Desire to be claimed
Invisible fence's unseen glue
Woven together in silky cocoon
Radiant hearts adhesive union meld

            -vi-
Desire to be seen
Beauty of precision cut diamond
Facet splitting light of passion
Prismatic rainbow
Longing's complexity unlocked of another

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet.
(16-308)

Desire Versus Expectations

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.