Pen and Paper Stories. Vacation for the mind.

  • Lucidity 

    Useless thoughts take the day Mind and spirit too Sacred silence now taxing Worry making fears true. No finger pointing But blame the same… No justice in the outcome  The winner of the game. No hindsight needed As all was seen and ahead… But ignorance in nothing Line the dreams of my bed. Drowning in…

  • Search For More

    What is known- Is there such a thing? Remembering dreams For reality to sting. Open heart If broken in two… Eyes wide open Seeing nothing new. Wanting a chance Like the one wasted before… Needless daydreaming  In the search for more.

  • Home 

    Home is where the heart is

  • Dear Teenager

    DEAR TEENAGERSeeing the world through your eyes Would make my hope pretty dark… Accepting your reality instead  Would take away the needed spark. Compromising my rules Would bring a weakness I won’t like… Quitting the battle now Would cost more than just the fight. Old while learning nothing Is an idiocy you choose to sell……

  • Letting Go

    Black and white Logic a friend But just a moment  Brings color again. Pain and anger Calculated space Clutching tightly  So nothing is erased. Patience with time Praying for you Feeling helpless With so little to do. No way to show you Or words you will hear But patiently waiting While always staying near.

  • Clarity

    20/20 vision  Blind nonetheless  Reasoning a fantasy  The problem a guess. Left in the dark While seeing light Heavies the heart Awakens the night. Intelligence in theory Rational in dreams  Certainty escaping Through foolish means. Suddenly token clarity  Too many years have passed… Time the joker The mind left harassed.

  • Hope

    Silent steps Along a road with stops. Noises vary  Heart in knots. No plan before A blueprint now… Where you were And finding how. Two steps back Stop the pace- Find the forward Accept the race. Sunset an ending On a path just beginning  You were waiting  With hopeful grinning. Just a step But a…

  • Darkness challenged

    The sky a masterpiece Changing faster than any person… A blank canvas- Waiting to be more. Silver linings… Each cloud has a fate To which it will tell a story No plan beyond its purpose No fighting for something more. Now to move on peacefully After narrating a story Leaving behind another canvas- That for…

  • Human Lesson

    Importance is an illusion  Often coveted by mankind… Top-down theories – Keeps reality blind. Fireworks are quiet To the sound of bubbles’ burst- And the mirror unforgiving- To fantasy’s deadly curse. Piles build mountains  Luck fades away… The importance of the lesson Lost to yesterday. A helping hand is destined  To follow the beggar’s need……

  • Leaving It All Behind 

    Now that your gone I guess I expected more  Tears or anger? When I walked out the door. I knew it was over And the years were gone… No amount of right  Would reverse many wrongs. So now to start over Even if steps are new… As long as there is hope Making it to…

  • Betting On Time

    Needing to scream And through it have a plan. Wanting to care When no longer giving a damn. Find the focus And a reward is there to get. Just be honest… And keep the face from getting wet. It needs to be okay- Because so much will hurt being wrong. As the fool bets on…

  • An Ending

    A storm was building- Until the final day… The fury was released On everything in its way. Trucks were stopped- And buildings were turned… No tools left to stop it- And people were burned. But the next day comes- And rebuilding will start… People will survive- By unseen strength in their heart. Don’t look back-…

  • Known

    What is known… The moon is bright- The sky now dark The day ends right. Another breath From another day… Many blessings And a home to stay. No other thoughts If my discipline holds true… Living for now- And living through You.

  • Missing…

    Sometimes in life we are so caught up in a storm That we miss the blessing of it. Waiting for life to be easy When easy was never part of the plan. Every storm brings life. Every catastrophe brings inspiration. And yet there are time periods… Periods so many waste as though seconds didn’t matter.…

  • Waste

    Anger Is no logic or reason. Love Is no logic or reason. Both Cause insanity BUT Only one wastes time. Why? Anger has a passion time can’t control. Which- Will you choose to waste?

  • Only a Shadow?

    Simply a shadow Eye corners’ second look Heart pounds Bravery took. Imagination plays With believed sounds Risk by getting closer… But nothing is around. Climbing in bed Shutting both eyes Sounds pause sleep. . . And the shadow still spies.

  • Resisting Change

    Knowing very little About what’s happening now Something so simple Or even profound. Knowing nothing About what happens next Despite what some “know” It’s anyone’s guess. Submit to the mystery And be in His care… Grow through blessings And out of despair. An end today New beginning tomorrow.. Spend the time With no debt to…

  • Changes

    A stranger In walls once like a home… Colors have changed People too. Barely a resemblance  Or a nod of know- Just life moving forward  While being the last to let go. Friendly smiles… As stress wears thin- And after so many years Where does New begin? While the past grows dark A future shines…

  • Why Am I Here?

    I just read a great essay by Jonathan Sacks regarding how to defeat religious violence. It is a great essay. The essay discusses the role religion plays in wars and conflict, why religion should not play a role, and what would need to happen for it to stop. Moreover, it also touches on how advances…

  • Aftermath

    A distant view Reality in pieces Wanting to help But no idea releases. Harm or help? Stay or go? You can’t play it back For the right one to know. Success advertised In both experience and things But wasted in the corner To know what it means. Isolated by consequence Or what the devil plans-…

  • Passive Aggressive

    Aggressive sure. Passive to some. It’s when people are both I come undone.

  • Morning blessing

    A moment Available each day Though too often missed. A break- And needed reminder For peace to persist. Quiet minutes Empty thoughts Blessings to the eye… Swelling heart Through natural light- Morning graces the sky.

  • I thought many of the thoughts she speaks about here. I remember wondering “how could the parents have not known?”. Many years and experiences later – I understand why parents do not know. To advocate awareness, when your pain will never be eradicated, is a special strength… and worthy of us to learn and listen.

    https://www.ted.com/talks/sue_klebold_my_son_was_a_columbine_shooter_this_is_my_story

  • Self Perception

    The gray walls are neither solid or imaginary but they stop progress just the same. The size of the room changes without changing at all. The silence is loud and the noise is quiet. Existence is the only temporary thing. All meaning isolated. Dried lips crack with a smile because it’s an unexpected thing. Eyes…

  • Calm Down

    OKAY WORLD – YOU HAVE GOT TO CALM YOUR BUTT DOWN! Look – I get that there is anger in the world. I get there are problems. I get that people have different opinions. I get it. Move on! Seriously – Move on! Politics are out of control. I have spent months un-following all news…

  • Line In The Sand

    There is a shadow Stealing all sun and light- Darkness cowers the brave- Ignites the fight. When the shadow loses It slinks angrily away- Leaving alone in pain Its often wounded prey. No power to fight it- Or anything that has been done… Small victories are lost- The darkness has won. Then the light it…

  • Leaves and Life

    Light from Darkness Places to go Develop and prosper From seeds to grow. Clouds and rain Then warmth of the sun So much progress As life has begun. Now to wander warily As daylight loses time; Losing the power In this season of mine. No death or life But a time to sleep… As I…

  • Never Ending

    Youth is fleeting While the heart’s still beating Feeling there is some youth yet. Mixed are lessons- And learned is wisdom, Age cannot forget. The inner child gets restless- And always available… When instruction is left to learn. So repeats the cycle- Like a worn down appliance… Fighting life’s twists and turns. Hope for tomorrow…

  • Simple

    via Daily Prompt: Simple Dear Simple, Where have you been? I remember a time- When we were close friends. Wants were once small- And needs were too… But something happened somewhere- And complicated beat you. Now desires have no control- And needs know no bound… I seek to find you- But you are nowhere around.…

  • Left Behind 

    Left behind  By changes not asked for… Bleeding resentment  Nailing the doors. Finding the key Through a strangers hands… Gone is direction Needed are friends. The walls close in The sky starts to fall… Waking up learning  While knowing nothing at all.

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