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Words poised on my tongue,
courage blinks, then vanishes
silence takes its place.
271 · Jan 27
Cloud Dance
Nancy Maine Jan 27
Swirly, twirly clouds
Whirling in the bright blue sky
Dancing with the wind
133 · 1d
The World Is Alive
Can you feel the pulse,  
Life breathes in each leaf and stone…
Nature's heartbeats throng
133 · Jan 27
Inspired by You
Nancy Maine Jan 27
In a study of sonder, I found your words,
Like whispered secrets from unseen birds.
They fluttered through the air, soft as a sigh,
Inviting my mind to wander, to fly.
Each line a current, deep and profound,
Pulling me gently to places unbound.
With every stanza, the world expands,
A mosaic of hearts, of dreams in your hands.
I'm moved by the echoes you weave through the night,
By the subtle shadows, the tender light.
In your verses, I see the truths we all share,
The hidden connections, the souls laid bare.
Your words are a map to lands yet unknown,
Where thoughts and emotions can finally be sown.
I follow them, guided by each careful thread,
A journey where silence is also said.
In a study of sonder, I found my own voice,
Awakened by yours, I made the choice…
To write, to dream, to seek and to find,
A poem of my own, now forever entwined.
Inspired by the work of Geof Spavins
124 · 7d
Dare to Dream
Whispers call the stars
Dare to dream through moonlit scars
Hope beyond the far
105 · Jan 28
Echos Song
Nancy Maine Jan 28
In the echo of your voice, there's a song,
A rhythm that tells you you've been strong.
Though it may seem the world is vast and wide,
Your words still ripple with the tide.

Even in silence, there's a space to grow,
A place where your light begins to glow.
The emptiness that seems to stretch and roam,
Is simply the echo calling you home.

For in the vastness, there's room to find,
The beauty in the quiet, the peace of the mind.
The world may feel distant, but know this true;
The echo is a message, a whisper to you.

Every sound you make, a spark in the night,
Filling the void with your inner light.
The echo returns, but this time you see;
The emptiness was never empty; it was waiting for you to be free.
84 · Jan 28
Meadowlark
Nancy Maine Jan 28
Pure as morning mist
A melody wrapped in gold
Beauty fills the breeze
69 · 7d
Is it me
Is it me?
Am I real?
Do I matter?
Can I be?
I stretch beyond,
Explore the sky,
Ask questions deep inside,
Reach where the stars collide,
Wonder blooms within me,
Building stronger roots in time,
The path unfolds like a rhyme,
My voice growing, bold and free,
A tapestry I choose to weave,

Is it me?
Yes, it’s me.
The world turns heavy, rusted, worn,
its edges sharp, its promise torn.
I walk through days that don’t make sense,
where kindness feels like self-defense.

I see the cracks, the lost, the blind,
the weight of greed, the waste of time.
But deep inside, I know, I know,
the way the world was meant to go.

Where hands build up, not tear apart,
where words bring healing, truth, and heart.
Where justice walks with steady feet,
and love is not a thing to cheat.

I hold that dream, though storms may rise,
though shadows stretch across the skies.
For even if the road is long,
I'll keep the tune, I'll hum the song.

Because to see, to know, to fight...
is proof that hope still burns in light.
Can you perceive the beauty all around,  
Where hope resides in whispers of the breeze?  
Each leaf that trembles, every vibrant sound,  
Awakens life with gentle, tender ease.  
In every stone lies wisdom, calm and deep,  
A soul encased in time’s relentless flow,  
While trees, like sentinels, stand tall and steep,  
Their branches cradle dreams, both high and low.  
The Earth, she breathes; her heartbeat thrums the ground,  
In symphonies of rustling grass and sighs,  
Her essence dances where our hearts are found,  
A tapestry of life beneath vast skies.  
So let us pause and hear the world's embrace,  
In nature's arms, we find our rightful place.
51 · 6d
A Love Like Ours
In twilight’s sweet embrace, where shadows play,
Dreams unfurl like petals at the close of day.
A whispered wish upon the breeze,
We find ourselves where time does freeze.

Eyes like galaxies, vast and deep,
In those fleeting moments, our secrets keep.
Fate weaves a tapestry, thread by thread,
Two hearts in the cosmos, tenderly led.

With every brush of skin, the universe ignites,
Igniting stardust trails on tranquil nights.
No spoken vow, yet the heavens conspire,
To bind our souls with an unquenchable fire.

Though the world may sway, like leaves in the storm,
Our connection remains, steadfast and warm.
Across rivers of time, through whispering trees,
Our essence entwined in the rustle of leaves.

In the silence, your laughter dances on air,
Echoing softly, a promise laid bare.
In dreams, in shadows, in glimmers of grace,
I’ll trace the patterns of your embrace.

As the sun sets low and the moon takes flight,
I’ll seek you in echoes of soft, silver light.
For love like ours is a serendipitous art,
A timeless collision, a celestial heart.

So let the world turn, let fate take the lead,
For in the garden of  moments, love plants its seed.
Through cosmic alignments, we’ll ever roam,
Finding each other, always… our soul’s home.
46 · 12h
Echos of Chaos
In the whirl of my mind, where echoes roar,
A storm of thoughts that I can’t ignore.
Untamed, unchained, they twist and fly,
Like winds that howling refuse to die.

I try to control them, bring them to heel,
But they laugh and dance, too wild to feel.
I give them words, and still they break,
Chasing answers, but none they’ll make.

I wear a look, absurd and wide,
A glance that says, “Where’s the guide?”
Injustice, chaos, the way they lay,
I shake my head and walk away.

But here, within, there’s something more,
A lesson buried deep, a silent roar.
Patience, grace, the secrets found,
When I finally stop and hear the sound.

My thoughts, like rivers, twist and wind,
Rushing forward, but hard to bind.
In their flow, I glimpse the key...
Letting go is what sets me free.

In the quiet of my space, I pause,
To face the chaos, to bear the cost.
For once, the storm within me calms,
A whispered peace, a subtle balm.

And though the world may spin askew,
I stand, unshaken, firm and true.
With my echoes loud, my mind untamed,
I am whole, in my own name.
This comes from a book I am writing.  It is based on the mind of my protagonist.
I wonder, as you drift through silent air,
barefoot on the edges of twilight’s stare,
where do your thoughts like rivers run,
under the hush of a sinking sun?

Do echoes call you from distant years,
soft as whispers, thick with tears?
Do you trace the paths your heart once knew,
through meadows gold with morning dew?

Is it longing that lingers on your skin,
a ghost of laughter lost in the wind?
Or is it hope that fills your chest,
a quiet ache, a fleeting rest?

I wonder, as you wander there,
do you dream of hands that once held care?
Of voices warm, of love untold,
of stories spun in autumn’s gold?

Or do you dream of what may be,
a shore unseen beyond the sea?
A place where all the echoes fade,
and only light and longing stay.

I wonder.
44 · Jan 27
After the Rain
Nancy Maine Jan 27
Pungent scent of fir
Woody incense centuries old
Petrichor lingers
I stood at the edge of something...
a moment, a door, a whisper of change,
light pooling at my feet,
the weight of all I had lost pressing against my ribs.

The air was thick with unsaid things,
with words I should have spoken,
with hands I should have held tighter,
with love I should have let spill from my lips
before silence took its place.

And then...
a shift, a sliver of gold in the gray,
a breath of warmth against my frozen skin,
the shape of mercy, of undoing,
of something not yet broken.

I reached...
fingertips grazing the edge of grace,
lungs pulling, aching, desperate...
but the moment wavered,
quivered like a candle’s last flicker,
then slipped through my grasp
before I could breathe.

Gone.
Like a name swallowed by the wind.
Like footprints in the tide.
Like a heartbeat fading beneath trembling hands.

I am left in the wake of it,
airless, weightless, drowning in what could have been.
Was it mercy that it came at all?
Or cruelty that it did not stay?
43 · Jan 28
Wheat Ranchers Love
Nancy Maine Jan 28
Soft winds kiss the earth
Wheat sways like a quiet song
Heart beat in the soil
40 · Jan 28
Midnight Fairies
Nancy Maine Jan 28
Moonlight on soft wings
Whispers dance through forest leaves
Stars hum lullabies
39 · Jan 28
Arrival
Nancy Maine Jan 28
Lunate crescent glow
Soft rhapsodic whispering
Dream weaver has come
39 · 12h
Winter Wonderland
Snowflakes drifting down
Painting the world in white
Winter Wonderland
38 · 9h
Jackrabbit
Jackrabbit takes flight
Coyote snaps at empty air
Better luck next time!
38 · Jan 27
Sonder
Nancy Maine Jan 27
Faces blur and pass
Each soul with dreams, hopes and scars
Stories in their eyes
38 · Jan 28
The Untamed Echos
Nancy Maine Jan 28
Beneath the pines, where shadows weep,
The forest calls, a secret deep.
The wind it stirs, a quiet plea,
A mirror held to the soul in me.

The roots dig in, they twist, they bind,
Like threads of thought within my mind.
Each knot, a truth I’ve yet to face,
Each branch, a memory I can’t erase.

Needles fall, soft whispers of time,
Their gentle descent feels almost divine.
Each carries a secret, quiet and rare,
A fragment of self left lingering there.

The stillness speaks, a tender hymn,
Of light and shadow, thick and thin.
It strips me bare, it leaves me whole,
Revealing the core of my restless soul.

The forest hums with ancient grace,
Its breath a balm, its depth a space.
It draws the hidden wounds to light,
And grants me strength in the quiet night.

In the shadowed depths, I find my peace,
And in my heart, the thrum won't cease.
For though the forest mends and heals,
It sharpens truths that time reveals.

I walk the path, my spirit bends,
But in these trees, the breaking mends.
For in the pines, I’ve come to find,
The untamed echoes of my mind.
Nancy Maine Jan 28
I know the storm you're facing now,
Feels like it’s too much to allow,
But in this darkness, there’s a truth,
That strength is born from what you go through.

Though doubt may cloud your every thought,
And you may feel like you're distraught,
Remember, even in the night,
The dawn is waiting, full of light.

Your worth is not in struggle’s grasp,
It's in the quiet strength you clasp.
Though dreams may seem so far away,
They’re closer than you think today.

One step, one breath, one day at a time,
You’ll find your rhythm, you’ll find your climb.
And though the road feels hard to see,
You're stronger than you think to be.

In time, you’ll look back on this fight,
And see how you emerged from night.
The storm will pass, the sun will shine,
And you will find your peace, in time.
Writtten in response to a writers woeful poem about not knowing how to make another day.  Hoping it touches people and helps them look deep inside themself and see value...worth... and hope.
31 · 1d
Break of Dawn
Gray whispers of dawn,  
Golden light spills on the rise…  
Night yields to the day.
30 · 7d
Apricity
The wind moves quiet through the bones of trees,
hollow-limbed and aching for the lost embrace of leaves.
Winter lingers in the spaces left behind,
a hush of frost, a breath suspended.

The earth is brittle beneath my steps,
cracked and waiting, as if longing too...
for something softer, something lost,
something warm enough to wake what sleeps beneath.

Yet here...light spills through the barren reach of sky,
thin as a thread, fragile as a memory,
stretching its golden fingers over frostbitten earth,
brushing against me like a voice I once knew.

It does not burn, nor does it stay,
but in this fleeting ember of warmth, I close my eyes
and remember the way summer once held me,
the way laughter once rang in the air
before the silence of snow settled in its place.

How cruel it is, this tender warmth...
to remind me of what I have lost,
to stir the embers of things long buried,
only to fade before I can gather them close.

Yet still, I lift my face to the pale winter sun,
let it rest upon my skin like a hand once held,
a love once known, a dream not yet forgotten.
It does not stay. It never does.
But for a moment, the cold is gentled,
and in its fragile fire, I remember
what it is to be warm.
30 · 16h
The Dream
I close my eyes and I see
a tiny golden thread beckoning me.
I want to follow.
I want to go.

I smell the sweetness in the air
as gentle breezes brush my hair.
I want to follow.
I want to go.

My ears fill with melodious song.
It sings to my heart like I belong.
I want to follow.
I want to go.

I step forward, light as air.
Golden whispers everywhere.
I want to follow.
I want to go.

Through tangled woods and silver streams
Drifting softly into dreams.
I want to follow.
I want to go.

A voice so tender calls my name.
Like candlelight, a beckoning flame.
I want to follow.
I want to go.

So I follow, light and free,
Drifting where the thread leads me.
No fear, no weight just golden glow.
I just follow; I let go.

I open my eyes and I see
The world still holding onto me.
I want to run.
But I don’t go.

Shadows whisper, soft yet strong,
Reminding me where I belong.
Though golden light calls from afar
I just stay; I guard my heart.
30 · 6d
Oregon Coast
Cold waves on the shore
Sealions song pierce the fog
Driftwood bleached by time
23 · 6d
Serendipity
Dreaming, drifting, soft and bright,
a wistful hush, a spark of light.
A glance...a touch...two souls align,
a moment held outside of time.

You see me, I see you,
a silent promise, strong and true.
No need for words, the stars have spun,
a thread unbroken, just begun.

The world may pull, the tides may turn,
the days may fade, the hours burn,
but somewhere past the reach of sight,
our hearts still glow, our souls unite.

For love like ours won’t slip away,
it lingers soft, it longs to stay.
In every dawn, in whispered air,
I feel you close...I know you're there.

Though time may stretch, though roads may bend,
this is not loss, this is not end.
The winds will call, the stars will shine,
and I’ll find you...you’ll find me...
again, in love, in fate divine.

— The End —