Stiff
The stretch
aches
as muscles pull
and arms raise
to reach
for the sky
like branches
but shorter
and the spine
bends
with a creak
and series of
cracks
as a new morning
dawns
Gideon’s Challenge – Stiff
Gideon’s Challenge
Gideon’s Challenge – Happy Together
Happy Together
If I should call you up, invest a dime
And you say you belong to me, and ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be, so very fine
So happy together
I can’t see me lovin’ nobody but you
For all my life
When you’re with me, baby, the skies’ll be blue
For all my life
Me and you, and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it had to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together
Song “So Happy Together” by The Turtles
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge – Bashful
Bashful
A blush rises
as eyes
cast down
and head dips
as if to hide
from the world
behind
silken strands
that falls forward
as if to conceal
delicate skin
with a hue
of pink
that spreads
toward the ears
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge – Longing
Longing
The heart aches
as eyes gaze
to horizons
far away
and long for
moss draped
branches
and spongy ground
covered in
pine needles
and
evergreen fronds
fragrant
in the moist air
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge – Breathless
Breathless
Hard rocks
scrape
beneath
boot treads
as the climb
takes us
further
from the sea
and closer
to the
peaked tips
of green giants
standing sentinal
in the sun
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge – Morning Dew
Morning Dew
Tiny worlds
full of life
with dew drops
and green
as damp soil
wood and moss
welcome
a new day
and another
raindrop
to glisten upon
saw toothed bits
Twisting the Leaf 