Thinking and the lack there of...

I hadn't realized until this very moment that my slump has lasted for months, sure I have jotted a note or verse here and there but I haven't really been writing. I won't go as far as to say I have lost my voice but I have lost my drive. The last two things I had to write were eulogies, which may be the reason but it may not. So many things have been going on, indicative of life I suppose, still I have fallen short. Too busy being busy and not making time for myself. Now that summer is here it really is no different, the days are lazy but I find that to be more frustrating than being franticly busy. The noise of nothing is deafening, for all I hear are thoughts I've failed to scribe...when my children aren't being rambunctious that is :)

D.V.

Catch me...

Catch me softly if you dare

In a whisper, I don’t care
When the waves crash into sand
Be my strong and steady hand

Reach far down into the deep
Where eyes close but never sleep
Still of starlight, unaware,
Catch me softly if you dare.

Deo Volente
June 19, 2012

Hope reply...

Yet hope is such a fleeting thing

The reason birds in springtime sing
Fishes try to swim upstream
Hope is but a foolish dream

Let life be as it was meant
Blessings lost and blessings sent
Fingers grasp the things they should
Longing for that which they could

Diminishing the pearl to be
For sand at first is what they see
Past and future each in place
Present surely can’t erase

Time should never kiss the pen
Scribing wishes now and then
Foresight gives the truth of growth
Hindsight will perfect the quote

Shackles form by way of if
Breaking free is just a gift
days are numbered
grains sublime
Even moments lost to rhyme.

Deo Volente
June 22, 2012

News... really!

There seems to be great confusion or is it delusion, as to what classifies as news these days. I fail to understand why the color of a celebrity’s hair, their latest tattoo or what stupid human trick they managed to perform in their personal lives have to do with the price of rice. Yes, I said it, the price of rice. We are in a time of dire economic straits, people are jobless, homeless, hungry, uneducated and moving at the speed of light towards a tragic conclusion and our focus falls on these people. Could it be that money trumps humanity and fame trumps empathy? Look around folks, what do you see? This is what I see; the rise of illiteracy, the fall of morality, the loss of dignity and a lack of respect fueled by the growth of greed. We stand at the crossroads of what could have been a step towards true character but instead our society has chosen to run fast and feverishly towards its own decline. Wonder what the headlines will read then…

D.V.

5/10/12

Ride on

Ride on,

past the brush and all the rush
Ride on surely if you must
upon the narrows, black and yellow
Through the paths
ride on dear fellow
Race into the wind that be
set thy soul and spirit free
Grasp the black of handles dear
take the day and crisp night air
Ride from dusk till dawn and then…
let thy cares, be gone my friend.

Deo Volente

February 26, 2012

http://deosview.blogspot.com/2012/02/into-wind.html

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Christmas

Today I was asked what the meaning of Christmas was and it made me think. Without question it is  the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ but there is more, at least that is what I think. I could care less about things purchased in the rush of the seasons fever, what matters to me is love. The day marks the greatest act of love and if I can give but a fraction of that love to anyone I would be whole...

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a blessed night.
D.V.