Father and Daughter

Father and Daughter

I remember you before you had memories

I was there the day you were born

I remember when your memories were young

I was there, your father

Now we prepare for you to go

Memories you will make

Return to the time before you were born

Time without daily interaction

Sullen mood to ponder the grief

The day fast approaching when you will be

On your own, experiencing a new life

An adventure you are meant to take

I can bless your leaving as your father

You take a part of me with you

You leave a part of yourself with me

As journey diverges with loving release

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-196Z)

Dedicated to our daughter on preparing for moving away for college in the Fall.

Inner Strength

       Inner Strength

Hopeful in heart
with breaking of day
Opportunity for new start
curiousity, exploration, and play

Grace rises with sun
as watch mercy flood darkness with light
Shadows give way as overcome
set free, engage what's right

Peace settls deep within
solitude found
Rest in love once again
full life abounds

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-195C)

Daily Joy

                  Daily Joy

As water gushes from "gut" pipe
soaking in coolness
Nose keen to all smells
brings a smile to my face
A moment of joy
in heat of day

A poem about Bear the Dog

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-192A)

Grounded

            Grounded

Alfalfa and grass crunch
Under foot as predawn light
Awakens mind observe beauty
Refreshed from yesterday's heat

Water splashes out
Of gates from plastic ditch, ground
Sighs softly, life giving
Streeks of green, water works deep

Ebb and flow harkens to connection with soil
Grounds all that rest upon
Simple therapy unburden heart
Baggage of life lightens with each step

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-188B)

Expanding

E   x   p   a   n   d   i   n   g

L    O    V   E

I        S

E       X        P        A        N        S         I         V        E

E    X    P    L    O    R    A    T     I     O    N

V   U   L    N   E   R   A   B   L   E

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)

Seeds

                Seeds

Grass heads bend with burden
Bountiful seeds weigh down
Fruit of just being and receiving
Produce a crop of similar kind

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-171A)

New

              New

New season, new hope
New chapter, new ink
New thoughts, new love

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-171A)

Sugar Creek

            Sugar Creek

By a covered bridge years ago

Fishing in the creek with dad, sister, and brother

Staying out past dark in the summer warmth

Hidden by the trees embracing the banks of Sugar Creek

Water lazily drifting

Muddy and gray

Cicadas noisily play

Bob White calling

Fire flies glowing

Catching catfish

Together with dad

That's what mattered

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-176C)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)