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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on August 8, 2021
Tags: , , earth, , , , , , , , , , safegaurd, ,   

let our love be displayed

Image credit; Shane Rounce @ Unsplash

unseen
are the trees,
that live so long
in-between, the myriad
noise and clatter,
of the unsuspecting dream

rooted
in place,
they wait, silently
drawing strength from
the majesty pouring forth,
from the earth’s very core

touched
by the clay beneath,
they reach for the sky,
and listen for our lullaby

to begin
again

as
we coalesce
beside their very best,
and remind ourselves
they are of nature,
and, our makers very best

for,

it is within
our hearts, that lives
the truest test

of
our resilience
to match
their guidance,
alongside a millennia
of previous trauma

which,

though
continues today,
let us please pray

and, give thanks
on this day,
for the beauty
living inside
the trees dismay,
not often
enough conveyed

yet,
often betrayed,
so, let our love
be displayed

In response to the WDYS #93 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

#poetry, #connection, #earth, #healing, #humanity, #life, #love, #nature, #planet, #poem, #poems, #protection, #safegaurd, #trauma, #trees

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on July 29, 2021
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their own gift to shed

Photo by NASA on Unsplash

something always
draws me
to the page,
sort of like
a moth to a flame

tiny flickering
of insight,
ignites within,
and we’re off
on a whim

Yiruma’s,
Sunset Bird
playing
on my headset,
least I forget
the inspiration
that lives on…

in this
beautiful worlds
shedding

of blessings

all-around,
which,
we can see
when we
stay present,
sound,

and
grounded
in the reality
we know
is there, even if,
and when,
we are
unawares

it’s lovely
to contemplate
our existence
on this
planet spinning
through space

round,
and,
round
we go, where
will we stop,
nobody truly knows,

yet,

there
is a knowing,
for you and I,
if we
silently abide

in
that
which we feel
on the
loneliest of nights

chilled
to the bone,
with no hand
to hold
but our own

and, even
then,
my dear friends,

know,
you are
not alone,
in this galaxy
far from
space,

as the human
connection
we share
is anything
but commonplace

each
has
their own gift
to shed,
and when
exposed to the light,
it is truly
beyond compare,
and, oh, so bright

there, there,
then,

on those
lonely nights,
we all have them,
fear, and fright,

abound,

yet
what’s
truly astounding,
is the feeling
I get when I’m
connected within,
and, to
all my friends,

and, yes,

that’s you
reading this
before
you’re off to bed

a lullaby
for you instead

sleep well,
my
dear ones,
and never forget,
time is always there,
and we are
never, ever,
second best,
only ever truly blessed

#poetry, #blessed, #contemplation, #earth, #gifts, #humanconnection, #humanity, #introspection, #life, #light, #lonely, #love, #planet, #poem, #poems, #shared

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on July 27, 2021
Tags: , , earth, ecological, , , , , , ,   

our Motherly homestead

Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash

wind caresses
my soul, like a
tapestry, impossible
to hold

I let the sounds,
drown,
my inner-dialogue,

and, focus
instead,

on the beauty
in front of me,
of a thousand
bled

journeys,
human misery, and
cunning,
tread

with skies,
so red

and, yes,

baffling
to the eye, when
we don’t
even
try

hard enough,

to take care of
the planets
lullaby,
beautiful
read,

and,

sung
so softly to us
since the
cradle
was made, and
we laid down for
our first
song-related fable

which, leaves me

wondering
now
about
humanities
current thread,

so ask,

may we now
please
portend
less,

leaving
aside
the disrespect,
and, instead

reflect,
and disregard abject,
in favor of love-
born respect
for our Motherly
homestead?

#poetry, #care, #earth, #ecological, #life, #love, #mother, #nature, #planet, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 3:00 pm on May 29, 2021
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Haiku #27

luxurious earth
underfoot, remain centered
in the multitudes

#poetry, #connection, #earth, #haiku, #humanity, #nature, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on May 15, 2021
Tags: , , earth, , , , , , , , rumination,   

Haiku #24

Photo by Matt Gross on Unsplash

Water, transfixed in
mind, ruminations abound
as life mirrors back.

#poetry, #contemplation, #earth, #haiku, #introspection, #life, #love, #mirror, #poem, #poems, #rumination, #water

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 15, 2021
Tags: , , earth, , forget, , , , ,   

Forget

Photo by Manuel Meurisse on Unsplash

Sometimes
my emotions feel like a
spool of thread
wound tight, yet not too so,
more just right.

How, you ask, could I know?

Years spent
living in a body
with emotions bound
so tight,
I lived on the verge
of extinction
from the very bliss of
every little feeling distinction.

And now?

Just right,
is about the state
of things today. And,
I’m always curious
about what the next chapter
will lay

at my feet.

As I continue
to learn
more about my (our)
very existence
on a planet
so full of wonder
I often forget

what I’m dealing

with.

#poetry, #contemplation, #earth, #emotions, #forget, #introspection, #life, #nature, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on March 15, 2021
Tags: , earth, , , interconnectedness, , , one step, ,   

One Step

Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash

One step in front of the other,
Sometimes I ask myself why I bother,
Yet there is a knowing deep down, which
Always keeps me centered and growing.

Inside of this growing, there is pain, yes,
And, at times, even a timidness that shys
Away on certain days, and wants to away stray.

Yet, with the knowing, there is also a special
Place inside of me, and, yes, you, where something
Grander resides, and keeps us safe besides the pain
That may come our way, so keep stepping into the play.

One step is all you need to take. Once one
Is taken, you can feel the dirt beneath your feet
And realize your connectedness to a sharedness
That radiates through the earth, and each of us.

An interconnectedness that comes through
You and your entire being as you continue
To take one step toward your future seeing.

#poetry, #earth, #growing, #humanity, #interconnectedness, #life, #love, #one-step, #poem, #resilience

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on March 11, 2021
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Blossom

Photo by Ghana Shyam Khadka on Unsplash

Petals touch the earth, it’s such a dearth
Of our collective humanity. The mundane meets
The profane, in an elegant dance of universality.

Closed and subdued, waiting in the wings for
Just the right moment to spring forth and collect
Their special moment, looking at you, and
seeing right through.

Some open a little at a time, you walk past,
And notice, just every so slightly, their petals
Begin to give way to the universal force bearing
Their name, feeling inspiration, your claim.

Others open in a flurry, one day completely
Closed, then the next, rising to meet the
Golden sun, shining deep inside filtrating out
All the things that hide.

The point?

They all grow from the same earth, and
Have their own way to walk through this mirth.
Casting a special glow through all that pass by,
Waiting for that special moment to blossom forth.

#poetry, #blossom, #earth, #humanity, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on February 3, 2021
Tags: , earth, , , , , , , sanddunes   

Haiku #6

Photo by Cozies Tone on Unsplash

Vast sand dunes at sea,
Such a juxtaposition.
Underneath? The same.

Photo by Gabriel Jimenez on Unsplash

#poetry, #earth, #haiku, #life, #love, #ocean, #poem, #poems, #sanddunes