Bereft
Too much time
spent
swimming
in the
choppy sea
of mental health
deficiency
and unable
to see over
the whitecaps
means
too much
of life’s
enjoyments
are lost
along the way
Gideon’s Challenge – Bereft
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Gideon’s Challenge – Captivated
Captivated
evening brings
the swell of clouds
that seem
to birth
from nowhere
and spread
over head
until the sky roils
like a sea
filled with ripples
and white caps
in a battle
for supremacy
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Gideon’s Challenge – The Dig
The Dig
you reach for me
even when
I try to hide
that something
is wrong
you seek out
the marrow
in the bones
of the issue
and pick it apart
until you know
all that
I try to hide
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Gideon’s Challenge – Peaceful Joy
Peaceful Joy
new friends
met
in quiet corners
as work
carries on
distant from
shadowed nooks
where packages
are opened
like
Christmas gifts
and fronds
reach and
stretch
as fresh air
sweeps in
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Gideon’s Challenge – Forlorn
Forlorn
There was a time
you were
invested
in every moment
and every word
every emotion
and every thought
in shoe sizes
and ice cubes
in slivers of ideas
and musings
but there’s
simply
no time
anymore
and I notice
more than
you realize
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Gideon’s Challenge – Quietude
Quietude
A stop
on the way
to home
a pause
to listen
to the quiet
whisper
of setting sun
and soft lap
of water
kissing concrete
and fiberglass
while sitting
on a wall
that waits
for high tide
Twisting the Leaf 