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 Oct 2021 pilgrims
ghost queen
early bluing
of an autumn sky
nip and chill
of a countryside

as seasons turn
things remembered
nostalgic
for a summer
lost in time

basking in the glow
of a fire
and the warmth
of a lover

snuggled deep
in each other

finding love
and shelter
between heartbeats
and whispers
 Oct 2021 pilgrims
Shane
Through my window
Lies an old bark
Chopped away, used up
For flames long cold.

The rain is useless.
The sunshine a memory.
The damp black dirt
The only hope it knows.

Just roots remain
Sinking into Nothingness,
A pale faded oak
Turning grey and ******.
Cracked and wrinkled,
Scarred and blunt.

It doesn't move with the Wind
Or offer shelter and
Reprieve.
It just wants to rot away
Before tomorrow comes.

But each night,
This old bark stares
Back through my window...
Waiting with me.

 Oct 2021 pilgrims
Shane
Charcoal
 Oct 2021 pilgrims
Shane
Maybe there is something left
Inside this piece of charcoal.
Maybe there is one more chance
To burn with another.

Or maybe this is just
The last dream,
Before you crumble and fade
Into the black smoke.
Do you remember we swapped toys
when we were five
Do you remember we swapped promises
when we were ten
Do you remember we swapped kisses
at fifteen
Do you remember we swapped dreams
when we were twenty
Do you remember we swapped tears
at twenty five
Do you remember we swapped lovers
when we were thirty
Do you remember we swapped lives
at thirty five
Do you remember we swapped lies
at forty
Do you remember we swapped partners
at forty five
Do you remember we swapped kids
at fifty
Do you remember we swapped dreams
at fifty five
Do you remember you swapped life
when you were sixty .
 Sep 2021 pilgrims
Dan Hess
Rise
 Sep 2021 pilgrims
Dan Hess
Do you hear every wind-song, 

oh great purveyor of grace?

Purloiner of haste, do you hear my cry?
As I am wont to want for freedom.



Steal away my woes.

My will-wept, gone; my hardened heart,

in songs that scatter on to windswept glory.



Overturning eyes that glint, in sunlight’s glow 

from clouds above, to clouds below;

a view I’ve only found in hovering.



When tucked beneath a shroud of sleep

in lifetimes spent in lands of dreams,

untethered from my destiny, I see.



With each word spoken, 

tone hummed, vow broken -

with every heart that’s shattered open:

an eternal resonance, awoken

to the eminence of the wind.


i listen
to the chorus of the trees
the buzzing of the breeze
when i should rise before the sun
in early morning liminality

yellow candle
as i wait for daybreak
soothe the mind, unwind
embrace the grace awaiting
gratitude, this day, in waking

recently
days slip away with a hasty pace
time passes by before my eyes
but all just seems a waste

when choice is fading spirit
ebbing, waning light in palms outstretched
when i am begging to grasp the stars,
but nothing yet
i must remember i am blessed

to rise before the sun
and greet galaxies
and be undone in thoughts of space
as days slip by with a hasty pace
and i have time to waste

embrace the grace awaiting
gratitude this day in waking
seeing time pass by my mind
not truly dissipating

co-creating binds
of time with mind
energy with memory,
transpiring into being

this chorus of the trees,
the universe, in unison, singing
dimensions overarching, resonating
aligning everything, as One;
ubiquitous and vibrating
 Jul 2021 pilgrims
Dan Hess
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 Jul 2021 pilgrims
Dan Hess
i’ve been feeling so utterly human
this vessel of my heart is not wont to bursting
but the pressure in my chest
is begging
for my eyes to acquiesce

i am not wont to bursting
but these emotions consume me
never have they been
so pronounced in their intensity

its confusing being human
but flesh is feeling
in such concept, hovering
in the mind’s eye
never to be described

yet i feel the authenticity in it
songs sung by hearts strung along
incorrigible currents, tempting fate’s face
these masters of reality conceiving

breathing underwater
to be the salt of the sea
one thing, dissolving in amalgam
flotsam of the ship of theseus

i am not wont to grounding
drowning in my grave
alive, and growing into
plains of grass, and wild,
unkempt meadows

ever transpiring
redefining mind
in passing by
am I
a thing at all?

not disposed to being human
my upheaval is believing in myself
yet
aching with the graves of bygone love

of love of self
in which I mourn
my own death
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