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 Feb 2016 Joyce
James M Vines
On the open water, waves crashing around the hull. Pulling the wheel and turning tight to catch the wind. The single sail rises full and the canvas glistens against the sun. It is in these moments that I can clear my mind. No power to guide me, just the will of the wind to drive me. I am at the mercy of the air and the sea. Beneath the open sky feeling the salt spray and the warmth of the sun, here is where I relish my solitude.
 Feb 2016 Joyce
James M Vines
Bullets fly off of the shelves, rockets are sold by the pallet load. ****** is the business of the moment. The next most advanced gadget is designed to protect you from an unknown threat. Billions are spent each year on death and mayhem. Generations are raised to hate and take up arms for causes that have long since been forgotten. The original dissenters in what ever argument that existed have long since faded into the nothingness. Now the endless war rages on, with blood merchants profiting from the misery of children and women. People are born into the horrors of conflict, not to know peace but to know suffering and oppression. Seeing no end to the endless war and conflict that profits few off of the blood of the many.
 Feb 2016 Joyce
James M Vines
Planting seeds of humanity into the hearts of those in need. Feeding the poor and the destitute. Remembering to reverence God who gives all good things. This is how I wish to be remembered. To have shown compassion and helped the stranger in the way. To have been a teacher and a friend. In all things humble and caring. This is the legacy I wish to leave.
 Feb 2016 Joyce
James M Vines
Grandchildren running about at play. Sunny days under shade trees with lemonade. Laboring in a field to help a neighbor bring a crop. Listening to a friend talk about her problems at our favorite coffee shop. Walking by a river and sitting on a sandy dune with someone that I adore. Remembering my wedding day and the clothing that I wore. Recounting memories of a life well lived. Seeing the reflections of life and dreaming of what is still to come. Thinking about all of the could haves and all of the things yet to be done. Such are life's little moments when we reflect upon ourselves.
 Feb 2016 Joyce
James M Vines
Dawn comes too early, I am not in the mood for morning. Like a grumpy cat I sneer at daybreak. Noonish is a better to start my day. That is why coffee is my first thing to do everyday. Home made Java, that old cup of Joe. Steaming hot aromatic and black. I mixture to stir the senses, just what the doctor ordered. A shot to perk me up and revive me to the world. From no whip latte to the espresso double shot. From Colombian dark roast to French Vanilla, what ever it takes to jump start my heart is what I desire. So if you hear weird noises at 5 am, don't be alarmed. The world is not ending, nor is there an earth quake. It is most likely me and my coffee *** whirring in an attempt to make espresso for myself.
 Feb 2016 Joyce
Little Bear
For my beautiful friends here.
I completely love you all so very much.
Thank you for all that you give me
have given me
and continue to give me
every day

You are my sunshine
:o)



Keep giving me hope for a better day
Keep giving me love to find a way
Through this heaviness I feel
I just need someone to say,
everything's okay

Woke my weary head
Crawled out of my bed
and I said,
"Oh, how do I go on?"

Nothing's going right,
shadow's took the light
and I said,
"Oh, how do I go on?"

Sometimes
I need a little sunshine
And sometimes
I need you

Keep giving me hope for a better day
Keep giving me love to find a way
Through this messy life I made for myself
Heaven knows I need a little

Hope for a better day
A little love to find a way
Through this heaviness I feel
I just need someone to say
everything's okay

(Everything's okay)

I gave my hope to you
When you were nearly through
And you said,
"Oh, I can't go on"

Well, now I need it back
'Cause I have got a lack of all that's good
And I can't go on

Yeah, sometimes
I just need a little sunshine
And sometimes
I need you

Keep giving me hope for a better day
Keep giving me love to find a way
Through this messy life I made for myself
Heaven knows I need a little

Hope for a better day
A little love to find a way
Through this heaviness I feel
I just need someone to say
everything's okay

(Everything's okay, everything's okay)
(Everything's okay, everything's okay)
(Everything's okay, everything's okay)

Sometimes
I need a little sunshine
And sometimes
I need you

Keep giving me hope for a better day
Keep giving me love to find a way
Through this messy life I made for myself
Heaven knows I need a little

Hope for a better day
A little love to find a way
Through this messy life I made for myself
Heaven knows I need a little

Hope for a better day
A little love to find a way
Through this heaviness I feel
I just need someone to say
everything's okay...


(Lyrics and song by Lenka
Everything's Okay)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkY_BksDUxo&list;=PLgDe8uEpyRspK4c00w60u4hJ4u4Kk70nz&index;=3

Hope the link works
:o)
 Feb 2016 Joyce
Koggeki
Fiery
Furies,
Lapping
At the base
Of the door.

Whisper
Cloyingly sweet,
"Let me in..."

OH!!
If only
To rapture.
 Feb 2016 Joyce
ryn
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••••                          ••••
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••••                         ­          ••••
••••                                    ••••
••••           ­                         ••••
••••                               ­     ••••
•let my secrets be buried unknown•
never to resurface, never again shown•one
mistake was all it took...•invested my heart
in an unassumin-                g crook•that was
enough to set m-                   y world on fire•
fuel for wagging to-       ngues' desires•days
only elapsed with l-        eers from disgusted
eyes and whispere-          d mocks•time was
inconsequential o-              n faceless clocks•
a hard lesson lea-                 rnt, painful price
to pay•now i have my secrets heavily pad-
locked... and the key thrown away•
••••••••••••••••••••••••


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 Feb 2016 Joyce
SøułSurvivør
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 Feb 2016 Joyce
SøułSurvivør
/\
< super novae >
\   /
\/*

dust
of
creation
breathe
deeply
of
the
nebulae

dream
dreams
­of
diadems
in
the
belts
of
great
hunters

Orion
strides
the
galax­y
as
we
gaze

get
used
to
weightless
heaven's
harbor

for
it
is
h­ere
you
will
be

HOME*


SoulSurvivor
(C) 2/17/2016
Going to bed now :)
 Feb 2016 Joyce
Irving MacPherson
I wish I could say
I love you with all my heart

But the truth is that
I am just getting to know you

You give me grace to grow
But still I blow it off

I feel like a babe
Learning how to crawl

My heart seems full of fear
Most times I choose to ignore it

If you are giving me the truth
Please open my ears to hear it

This flash in a pan that is a lifetime
Surely there is more than a few decades

I am afraid to pray for strength
Believing you will test me along the way

You are my only hope
Without you I'm dead in the water

Why hide in plain sight
It makes it hard to see the simple

Like the all knowing eye
On the dollar bill daily visible

So in the open that it is ignored
Just like the fear I crawl away from
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