Emptiness. A void waiting to be filled. Fill it wisely, and be well. ~*~ A path familiar walked for too long a time. Riddled with old perceptions and prejudices; Delusions, illusions and self-sabotage. It was all I knew; all I understood of life Until one day I finally Asked: “Is this all there is?” * … More Emptiness ~ The Dark Unknown
~*~ A precious, fragile gift To you, from me. Unseen to the eye, Yet ever present in the heart. Handle with care. If you break it, Don’t come back for more. ~*~ My response to Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday challenge for this week. Yes, I know it’s Sunday. 😉 Thanks for visiting … Dorothy … More Trust
~*~ In Winter’s barren, snowy field I stand, My tender heart gripped tightly in his icy hand. His frosty breath across my naked soul doth blow, Leaving in its numbing wake a frosted, ruddy glow. * I didn’t mean to stand in Winter’s field so bare. When first I stood it blossomed green and lovely … More Winter’s Field
The heart is more than words as passions run And spirits soar to lift above the cloud. For one thing only moves beneath the sun And trumpet calls my name so true and loud. With joy my heart doth leap in sheer delight As beauty bourn o’er all doth jump and play. A dream; a … More #FWF … The Heart is More Than Words
~*~ ~*~ The cold of Winter hath the landscape gripped And wrapped its frosted fingers good and tight. And from the trees vast branches hath been ripped, Their scars a sad and plaintive sign of plight. And o’er the hills vast swathes of icy snow A mass of crystal twinkling ‘neath the sun A blesséd … More Winter
Prompted by Kellie Elmore’s #Free Write Friday What If? What if? What if? What if? Looking back from here to there It is a redundant question. Looking forward from there to here A different one altogether. The past cannot be changed. I am my past, The good and bad of it In a bundle of … More What If?
~*~ We were, for a while, close. For a while we shared the same boat, Sailed the same social seas. You were my anchor; I was your sails. In you I found rest; With me you could fly. We traversed that watery plain With one heart, watching For the horizon together and, For a while, the sailing … More Farewell, Old Friend
Here is this week’s Free Write Friday prompt from Kellie Elmore: ~*~ ~*~ Liberating for me, as a matter of fact … Enjoy! ~*~ Some things are not meant to be What do you think you could ever say That would reach me? I am not angry. I simply wonder. And why do you think … More Some Things Are Not Meant To Be …
Here is this week’s Free Write Friday prompt from Kellie Elmore. Surrender Surrender to What is. What else is there? Follow the course Prescribed; Batten down the hatches, And enjoy the ride. Toward the light. Yes, The light And the end of a Long, unforgiving Storm. Prepare to be delivered To your destiny. It awaits. … More Surrender
~*~ Gratitude Where there is no gratitude, There is only the absence of gratitude; An empty soul. If we cannot be grateful We cannot acknowledge The bounty there is in the world And the heart of Love That creates it. If we have no gratitude We cut ourselves off From all that is good And … More #Free Write Friday: Gratitude
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 