Tangled
Sharp
jagged teeth
and a stinging bite
Lots of knots
snarled green
don’t get too close
or you’ll pay the price
watch your step
I’m feeling mean.
Subdrop sucks. Just sayin’.
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Gideon’s Challenge
Disorientation
From darkness
into darkness
open sky
to closed in walls
light reflects
everywhere
no longer
rain splashed pavement
but reflective tiles
and spots of light
contrasting with
shadows.
Sometimes a light drown feels like this. You go from trust and beautiful flashing lights, open sky and safety to a narrow spot where everything is too much too fast too soon all at once and overwhelming. The disorientation doesn’t last… but the feeling of vulnerability it creates lingers on.
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Gideon’s Challenge
The Plan
In nature
every little thing
has a purpose
even the tiniest of seeds
the most delicate of textures
the finest of hairs on a leaf
or faint waxiness
on a twig.
It all has a purpose
a reason
and a plan.
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Gideon’s Challenge
Radiant
Like sun
kissing upon petals
sparking up
the colors of my soul
from within
your attention
and devotion
feeds my soul
and leaves me
breathless.
I love you.
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Gideon’s Challenge
Shadows
Sometimes
they are not
so easily seen
but whisper in the darkness
a layer of shadow
lying beneath
the visible shade.
Then the light shines
and the show up
in stark relief
visible
even when trying to hide.
Insecurity is my shadow. Whether it is the “never good enough” insecurity or the “unapproachable and distant” insecurity or… any of various others. They are all a whisper in the darkness. They hide and lurk, shift in the peripheral, out of sight and out of mind until the light shifts… and they are then seen.
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Gideon’s Challenge
Drizzle
A cool kiss
upon the skin
A drip that causes
leaves to tremble
Smell the air
and taste
sweet sweet moisture
as the earth sighs
Lift your face
to delicate drops
and let your tension
ease.
Just missing the rain today. The heat wave continues.
Twisting the Leaf 