Temperatures drop
Screaming wind slashes the earth
For some, no escape
No escape this time
NaPoWriMo Day 14
No Escape
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Tag Archives: Poetry
Right On Time
Overslept
Long lines at the gas pump
Freight train stopped on the tracks
Empty slots on the grocery store shelves
A day of deep sighs
Teeth gnashing, nose crinkling
Sherbet in the sky
At dusk, I refill the hummingbird feeder
As it lurks on the fence
I turn to its chirps to explain my lateness
And realize I was wrong all along
The swirling, sherbet sunset awaits, as promised
The sunrise had greeted me and will do so again
The day was right on time
NaPoWriMo Day 13
Searching
What’s beneath?
Exhausted from searching
In my dreamland quests
Always seeking the trees
Beyond my reach
Leaves furl away at my glance
Unfurl to peek back, claiming it’s the wind
Bare roots and branches seem to hide nothing
But I wonder
NaPoWriMo Day 12
View from my Window
The view from my window
Depends on me to see it
I can drive by, day after day
Looking straight ahead
But
Ahead is not the only line of sight
I can always find something
To the left and to the right
And the trail left behind, as well
Taking the time to notice
Fellow travelers, the changing seasons
Helps me along my way
Back Seat Driver
Bluebonnets, oh, bluebonnets
It’s not blocking the view; it is the view
NaPoWriMo Day 11
The Long Haul
We’re a little slow to figure out
That Mother Nature is in it for the long haul, an ultra-marathoner
She probably wonders why we misbehave so
In our lives of short sprints
The long haul, the long view
NaPoWriMo day 10
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