Whatever your "it" is

Know it

Feel it

Own it

Never let it break you!

Hone it.

D.V.

11.03.2026

Dinner (a silly rhyme)

Hunger is a lure and a liar, 

an intricate plan of desire.

The worm at the end of a hook, 

where greed is outwitted by the cook.

K.E.C

aka Deo Volente

11.3.2026

Homesick

If I could make it mine,

this thing I can't define.

I'd kiss the clouds just as the mountains do,

then quickly make my way back down to you.

I'd walk barefoot by the sea,

seek the shade of that almond tree.

Revel in the marvel of the sun,

then right back to your open arms I'd run.

I would bargain with the birds,

in the heartbeat of my words.

To sing with them a melody so true, 

echoing the love I feel for you, 

if I could make it mine, that's what I'd do.

K.E.C

aka D.V.

11.2.2026

Season greetings

Summer has no more to say, 
for the moment, gone away.

Time has to move and so do we, 
wait one more second, you will see.

The script of life has to unfold,
in timeless fashion, bright and bold.

Wind shifting with the falling leaves,
look around you, if you don't believe.

Welcome soon, the winter sky, 
lazy days that pass us by.

Colors and emotions of each season, 
different celebrations, countless reasons.

K.E.C

aka Deo Volente

11.1.2026

Unspoken truth

 A few years ago, someone told me I was the strongest person they had ever met. As they spoke, I began to question in my mind everything they said. Strong is the last word I would ever use to describe myself, the more I questioned the more I realized that I had an untouchable aura about me. Though at heart I was welcoming and warm I was also private and distant. I could pull inward at the drop of a dime, tuning out the world around me without hesitation. I also realized that to her, I appeared to be firmly grounded in who I was and what I was about but that was far from the truth. 

If I am to be truly honest, I have always been fixed in a state of flux, bopping back and forth between doubt and assurance. My days are often filled with shadows of longing and my nights, whispers of yesterdays. I have never been able to dream in the normal sense, when I close my eyes, I drift into profoundly vivid and oftentimes tragic scripts. I daydream to compensate for the hopelessness that sleep often time brings and I write to release its grip. My greatest desire is to truly live but unless I forcibly catch my breath by looking up and out, I find myself drifting through, existing. On the outside for some reason others see a rock, solidly rooted, unmovable, unshakable, sound. But in reality, I am but a grain of sand caught in the gust of a windstorm. My fear is not the fall once the wind stills but rather what follows the landing. 

Will I find my footing? 
Will I finally end up where I was always meant to be?
Or will I simply, by design, by fate, end up again, in a loop of yesterdays?

God knows but does not share.

You are probably wondering why I am sharing this with you now, so I will tell you. 

Today has been a day riddled with self-doubts and as I waded my way through, reminding myself of who I am and what it all means I came upon a quote from a deceased actor. I will not repeat the quote but the essence of it was a desperate search for purpose in the midst of despair and it shook me. 

I realize that everyone has doubts, fears and struggles but holding them in can be detrimental. So, I am urging anyone who feels surrounded by darkness. Please, find a safe space to land. Though the path you seek may not always be clearly visible, it exists beyond this moment, one foot in front of the other is the only way to get there. Know that today will soon be tomorrow and it too will become yesterday, so do not dwell in it. It may be fixed but it is not unmovable, give it your best and give yourself permission to release it, because it is merely one page and your life is not meant to be a short story.

With Love, 

D.V.

Our Moon

Did the moon seem closer to you this week?

It did to me, for the first time that I can ever recall the Moon was low enough in the morning sky that I was able to see it as I drove to work. It felt as though it was driving alongside me. It was the strangest most beautiful thing I have ever experienced and as you might expect, it got me thinking. 

How incredible is it that though the constellation changes depending on where we are in the world, we all see the same moon. 

It is the light of our nights and the usher of our mornings; it is, even when we are not. Unwavering in its purpose. It does not care who we are or where we are from, it shines for us all requiring nothing in return.

I know that scientifically there is much more to the moon than that but do me a favor, forget the other stuff and look up for just one second. 

Are you as captivated as I am?

We are after all, looking at the same blessing.

Sweet Dreams World.

D.V.

10.30.2026

10 Stanzas 100 Reasons

 After reading this you may think I cannot add, but if you look a little deeper, you'll understand. 

10 reasons I'm stoic, 

10 reasons I cry, 

10 reasons my heart wants to do or to die.

10 reasons I'm bold, 

10 reasons I'm shy, 

10 reasons my questions begin with a why.

10 reasons their voices,

10 reasons my pain,

10 reasons I find myself out in the rain.

10 reasons in darkness, 

10 reasons I dance, 

10 reasons I will never leave it to chance.

10 reasons I'm humble, 

10 reasons I'm proud, 

10 reasons from silence my thoughts become loud.

10 reasons I stand up, 

10 reasons I fall, 

10 reasons my journey shall always recall.

10 reasons advancing, 

10 reasons retreat, 

10 reasons my whole life has been bittersweet.

10 reasons for mending,  

10 reasons to break, 

10 reasons that find me at dawn wide awake.

10 reasons I hold back, 

10 reasons I shout, 

10 reasons my heart has to let it all out.

10 reasons I've crumbled, 

10 reasons I pray, 

10 reasons I've made it through just one more day.

K.E.C

aka Deo Volente

10.24.2026