Everything
I want to
get lost with you
in places
where
we won’t
be disturbed
and can
explore
to our heart’s
content
everything
from the smallest
freckle
to the vast
night sky
hand in hand
Gideon’s Challenge – Everything
pacific northwest
Gideon’s Challenge – Appreciation
Appreciation
some fruits
come after
labor
and difficulty
while others
spring forth
in the spring
with nothing
but the kiss
of sunlight
for encouragement
but it is those
with blood
sweat and tears
in their soil
that taste
the sweetest
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Gideon’s Challenge – Entranced
Entranced
sharp edges
soften
into
feathered flutters
when you
walk into
the room
and suddenly
the world
falls away
as my attention
is caught
and there is
no one
else
left
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Gideon’s Challenge – Amused
Amused
blue eyes
blink
and wink
among the
shimmer
of silvery leaves
as they bob
in the breeze
damp
with raindrops
and laughing
merrily
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Gideon’s Challenge – Curiosity
Curiosity
Where
does it go
this door
at the top
of a
crumbling ladder
waiting
so far
off the ground
with a light
to keep
the dark
at bay
on a wall
long forgotten
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Gideon’s Challenge – Tender Bits
Tender Bits
the world within
colorful and bright
is protected
by a hard shell
and defenses
meant to repel
all who might
come near
and yet
somehow
you
have broken through
and have seen
all the tender bits
I try so hard
to hide
Twisting the Leaf 