Days in the life of a poet

When life gets too complicated and our hearts and minds seek out what is good and provides us sustenance...poetry is the breath of life. Words allow us to communicate...to express that within us that is most precious and real. We crave that which is familiar and gives us comfort...read and receive*

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Human Parts


Looking in the mirror of a still pond
my reflection staring up into my soul
see my younger version of yesterdays
see the maybes…of my life yet lived

eyes that have witnessed beautiful things
flights of eagles and robins…a peacock’s flare
the dances of children’s first baby-steps
felt the power of a woman’s smile

been moved to tears by injustice
known anger for man’s inhumanities
shared heartbreaks and felt harsh pain
experienced the harm that words can bare

these eyes have watched many lifetimes and
read the histories of long passed scribes
looked at the faces of fallen Angels
but…never peered into their darkness

a reflection…an unrecorded picture
an open window of one’s interpretations
an image of a self…looking back
what I’ve seen…
whispers of the inner me…and memories*


Jon` B. Crenshaw
Human Parts
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