Category Archives: Poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 5:56 pm on December 22, 2020
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Focus

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Though we may
Have been told this
Long ago
It’s

Likely we’ve forgotten,
And say it’s
Not so

Inner-child, what
do you mean?

I’ve been taught
To look outside
For all that’s serene

To chase after this,
And that, in hope of
Finding happiness at last

Yet, I continue to fall flat

Frustration building,
When that next thing
Doesn’t bring me closer,

Rather, only more heartache
And, yes, that’s what’s at stake

Yet, there is another way
Filled with love and joy
And all the protection
One’s heart could possibly employ

Where does it start?

Well, just as we were
Told oh so long ago,

The answers

Are already inside you
My friend, a shift in
Perspective is all that’s
Needed

A shift from focusing
On the external, to
A focus on
The

Internal, which is, and,
Always will be
Eternal

In response to WDYS#61 from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

#poetry, #contemplation, #focus, #introspection, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #wdys61

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:38 pm on December 21, 2020
Tags: , atplay, boys, , , , , , , theframedwindow   

The Framed Window

Photo by Niloufar Nemati on Unsplash

It started out
In that one house
Looking out at history
In the making

Both you boys
Prancing,
Flitting, tossing, and
Turning about

Without a care in the world

As the train rolls by,
And the window shakes
Yet, there’s no distraction
In the moment, as I continue to stare

At your fervor
For love and comradery

Which is not a mystery
At all, only ever a deep, and
Profound sense of enjoyment
For this one moment

Watching you two play
Chasing
And being chased
In tandem, and, yes

Always with great fandom

Throughout each, and
Every season
That changes, and

Now looking through the window
There’s only ever exchanges
Of a love so deep
It brings a tear

To my eye and I sometimes weep

With anticipation
Of the morrow, when
Once again, I’ll sit and watch
Two boys

Who will eventually become men

Through that beautifully
Framed window
In that one
House

Where my love once began

#poetry, #atplay, #boys, #children, #joy, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #theframedwindow

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 12:28 pm on December 20, 2020
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Grace

Photo by Chloe Si on Unsplash

Is a space,
Created for you and I
As we balance our place

On this planet

Which can sometimes
Be precarious
And even, at times,
Make us furious

With anxiety, and, yes
Even anticipation

Of what’s to come
Tomorrow under
The setting
Sun

Emotions like these
Are normal, for you and I
Are only mortal

Yet, there’s more
To the story
Of, yes
A

Profound glory

Where mortality
Meets the Divine
And always sublime

Presence

Of something grander

And all the while
We fit with our emotions
And, at times stumble
And bumble our lines

We can call upon this
Presence and it’s
Magnificent essence

Of our collective humanity

And extend ourselves
The Grace as needed

#poetry, #emotions, #grace, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #presence

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 8:06 am on December 19, 2020
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Shadows

Photo by Brantley Neal on Unsplash

Linger in places
We dare not
Look, and

Yet they continue
To follow, like a
Mirror

Top to bottom

You move this way
It moves that
Way-

-ward toward another
Glimpse of beauty
In repose
Of

The splendor at
Your door

Afraid to answer
One and all
And, yet

The call comes again
And, again,
Without
A

Forestalled lingering
Imagination
Full
Of

Contemplation, and, yes
Even remorse
And, of
Course

Alone you are not
In your journey
Toward the
Lighted

Hall
As your shadow
Dances at the ball
Intertwined with

You,

Hand-and-hand
Just like a
Prefect

Symphony
As they play their
Last tune, and the
Music fades to black

The shadow is part
Of you, friend,
Embrace it
With a

Fervor of no
Compare
And, rest easy

In knowing this
Dance will last

As the shadow plays
With light in
A splendid
Contrast

#poetry, #beauty, #dark, #imagination, #journey, #life, #light, #love, #mirror, #poem, #poems, #shadow

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 7:41 pm on December 18, 2020
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Walking

Photo by Davide Sibilio on Unsplash

Along the water’s edge
Just like an old friend
You and I,

At once apart
And, yet,
All the while let’s
Not depart,

As I take a step
And the wave rolls in
Sparking and lovely
And, then

You shine forth

Upon my face, and
I glance up into
A manginficance

Not a one can replace

With a memory, no
Only with the experience
This moment brings
As we move toward each other,

And, are together, clouds
Pass over, and cover you
From view, yet
Only for an instance

And, then your back
Within my purview

Sand is soft and damp
Under foot
Small granules of life
Which bear

A resemblance of

My gratitude for your
Insistence, and

This moment, which lasts
Across all existence

You shine forth again,
A miracle in the distance
Of a collisioned aftermath

Not of destruction,
Only of pure love and devotion
For you and I

Are actually not
Separated by distance

So let’s hold hands again,
And continue our journey
Upon the sands
Within the hour glass

Of time, walking side by side
Are you and I

#poetry, #devotion, #experience, #gratitude, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #together, #walking

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:51 pm on December 17, 2020
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Sitting

Photo by Raychan on Unsplash

Though we run
After our thoughts often

And, feel behind

Know that this
Is only
A manifestation

Of the mind

Running after itself
In a
Convoluted loop
Expressed as so

Since the beginning of time

Though, as we begin
To pay attention
And have
The

Realization

That this is so
We learn
To sit
And

Notice our thoughts

As they come and go

They are
An expression
Of memories from afar

Which we need not
Trod to bring to heel

Rather, sitting
And watching can
Bring the freedom,
And healing

Which is such a natural
Feeling

So, friend, do sit
And partake in all
The splendor your mind
Can conjure

And release the burden
Which are brought
Without
A second thought

#poetry, #life, #love, #mind, #mindfulness, #poem, #poems, #sitting

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 4:26 pm on December 16, 2020
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Leaving

Photo by Andreas Dress on Unsplash

Sometimes
There is a leaving

A thing that happens,
Even when
We would rather

That things
Already in place
Would just
Stay the same

Where there is comfort
In knowing

What to expect,
Even when
What
We expect

Is not the best, and
Is flecked with
Anguish, and
Heartache

A natural occurrence

Yet, not the only way

That we can play
Within a life
Filled
With
A

Sense of mastery
And knowing
More

Sometimes, then
Leaving is necessary
My friend,

To
Learn more
About ourselves
And, our place on
This beautiful planet

So, when next
A leaving is needed,

Please remember,

That inside of a leaving
Already lives
Your returning

#poetry, #leaving, #life, #love, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:29 pm on December 15, 2020
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Simpler

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Some things
Reminiscent
Of times gone by

As we try to keep up

With a never ending
Progression, and
A quite often felt
Concession

Of what we know
And want

Yet, we continue
The chase

Caught in a race
Started
Well Before
Our space was made

In this, yes,
Very beautiful place

We prioritize the
Next thing,
Without, maybe
Thinking

About the best thing
So,

When the opportunity
Next arises,
Think twice, and
Maybe choose

A space
That reflects

A simpler life,
Which is always
Calling

Even when we
Resist, nay
Persist
In the chase

Allow yourself
The opportunity
To slow down,
And open up

To something
A little simpler

In response to WDYS#60 on Keep It Alive, by Sadje.

#poetry, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #simple, #simpler, #writing

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 11:29 am on December 13, 2020
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Breaking

Photo by Hannah Gröbmüller on Unsplash

We hold ourselves
Together
In every type of weather

Stormy clouds, or
Cloudless skies
Full of never-ending
Setting suns

We resist
And hold true
To what we believe
Is the most important

Function
Of our desired reluctance

Sheltering ourselves
Against a foe
Feared
Of an imagined destructive

Compunction
Set to crack the
Facade
Created from the beginning

Of our earthly existence

And while we express
Our resistance
We move
Further
Away

From our true coexistence

You, me, and all of thee

Let the light shine
From within you
And give way
To all that
Beauty

Because my friend,
As we allow
Ourselves
To break

We begin to understand

That this is not the
Last stand, no
Rather
It is the beginning

Of a new life

Not predicated
On holding back
But, rather, only ever
On moving forward,

Creating
All that’s within us
And allowing ourselves
The freedom

To break as often as needed

Happy Sunday.

#poetry, #breaking, #creation, #life, #light, #love, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 10:32 am on December 12, 2020
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Nature

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Photo by Blake Richard Verdoorn on Unsplash

Is profound in its bounty
A real and exquisite
Truth

Set
Before our
Very eyes,

As we continue to
Reconcile the truth
And become wise

Of the mystery
Hidden in plainview

Take, the flower,

Petals mirroring
Each other, and
Working

Together
While shimmering
In the bristling dawn

Of a new sun

Held together
By a single
Stem

One
Like all the rest

Imagination separates
You and I, yet
We are just like the flower

Where our power is
In the recognition
Of our hidden
Vision

Of a new structure
Like the stem
Only ever
Our

One true gem

The web
That connects us,
My friend, is as real

As you and I

A single beating heart
Pumping a life force
Some call God

It matters not
The Name
For it is
The

Reverence we hold
That’s the aim
Of our quest

For our true
Nature,
Not the nomenclature

It’s the feeling
Of that connection
That besets us upon
The road toward our very

Nature

Have a wondeful weekend, everyone.

#poetry, #connection, #imagination, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems, #questanddestination, #writing