Shawn H Reeder: Favorites

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

JK Cabresos

Standing
on this bridge,
it reminds of you,
of the things
we used to talk about,
and only I could hear
is the sound
of your voice.

It seems odd
it is so quite now,
only I could hear
is the lonely waters
of the river,
keep flowing
until the end,
never knew
they will be lost
in the ocean,
like I lost you.

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

Dancing again

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

Chris

Dancing again

.

Why does the heart
have to dance in the silence
wishing the music
would somehow not end

Long distance dance floors
of love you are missing
Changing the station
to songs you now send

Still with a worry
that rips at your tap shoes
Laced up and knotted,
reflect on the sole

Harder decisions
now not so melodic
Chasing your dreams
running out of control

There is a place
where you sit now just thinking
a nice quiet corner,
the volume turned down

Feeling the tears
as they drip to the sawdust
pulling away
as you're wearing a frown

Still there's a step
while the last song is playing
Held in his arms
as your world starts to spin

Kiss him good night
knowing all will be perfect
It's meant to be
you'll be dancing again

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

Star Gazing

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

Lily Karter

Star Gazing

Sad and alone,
I stare into the stars.
There are millions, and billions,
All connected by the dust in which they were formed in.
I'm told that all things in the universe start from the same beginning,
That we are made from the same dust as the stars....

But I don't feel like a star.

I feel like a black hole that takes all these wonderful and magnificent wonders in life and swallows them whole.

I feel like the dark side of the moon,
cold, untouched, and deadly.
My heart feels frozen
And I can feel every crater in my skin,
Reminding me of all the harm I've inflicted,
And all the wrong choices I've made.

I never lied when I told you that you were my sun...

You are warm and give life to all things.
Without you, I'm just a cold, damaged moon
Causing the tides to rise and destroying the world with every move I make.

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

The undeveloped human

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

Audrey Hepburn Jamison

The undeveloped human

The undeveloped human strives after the finite for the sake of his own profit.

The thinker strives after the infinite for the sake of his freedom.

The Knowing One returns to the finite for the sake of his infinite love."

Written by Lama Govinda (1977)

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

Perhaps We Are Cannonballs

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

Gossamer

Perhaps We Are Cannonballs

He thinks, “come into the stillness.”

He thinks, “Grow wild, intoxicated.”

Perhaps, he thinks, we are cannonballs.

Perhaps we are glazed and dazzled,

drunk on clarity.

Must we be wiped off the earth?

He sits alone, at night, again.

Shuts off his memory.

He writes: “I am fine

I am fine

I am fine

open your eyes

I am fine.”

Words taken from Doerr's All The Light We Cannot See

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

facebook

May 2015 Shawn H Reeder

GaryFairy

facebook

looking through re-processed posts
getting tired of these cyber ghosts
I ask myself, where is the humanity
it's selfies, game invites, and vanity