STAND TALL

In midst of despair and sorrow
Rise buds of hope for the morrow.
Still standing upright and strong
Against all that can go wrong.

These are extreme times of confusion and change,
Media expanding over a broader range. 
We are attacked by sounds from each direction,
Leaving no time for thinking and reflection.

These flowers know what’s real,
They go by what they feel.
Away from the hustle and bustle,
They grow wild without any tussle.

A day to clear my cluttered mind is all I need.
To recharge my battery is what I should heed.
I’ll recharge in a quiet place like this.
A zest for life is what I dearly miss.

CIRCLING

Thinking.

Words.

Ideas.

Plots.

Scenes.

Characters.

Voices.

Circling.

Revolving.

Into a book.

WHAT DOES HE SEE?

atraversso:

A beautiful fox.
What is he looking at?
What is he thinking?
What has him so confused?
I always wonder what animals
are feeling and thinking.
I wonder if they’re trying to
understand us at the same time.

IN HIS MIND

This is someone’s mind I’d like to know better.
He has such soulful eyes.
Is he as deep as he looks?
In my mind he is.
And that’s good enough for me.

THE BUBBLE DILEMMA

The dilemma

What do you think is going through the dogs’ minds?
Are they too afraid to move?
Do they know that it is just a bubble?
Do they want to touch it?
Will they just stand there and wait.
I think that they will wait and see.
They will keep waiting until the balloon
pops in one of their faces.
And if the same thing happens next week,
they will most probably do the same thing.

WHAT'S BEHIND THE MEOW?

DO ANIMALS THINK LIKE WE DO?
THEY GET UPSET.
THEY GET MAD.
THEY GET HUNGRY.
THEY RECOGNIZE THEIR OWNERS,
BUT DO THEY LOVE US?
I BELIEVE MY DOG LOVES ME.
I LOVE HIM.

MANY FACES OF....

This is a great picture. How many faces do you see?
We show different faces to the world at different times. We can appear happy, sad, troubled, friendly, hostile, secretive, honest, consoling, mysterious, and so on....
But what face is the true face? What do we really feel inside?
Unfortunately, when we speak to someone, we don't know if we're seeing their true face or the face they are determined to show to the world. Given the circumstances, we could make an educated guess. But it is just a guess. Only the person who owns the face knows his true self. And maybe we don't really want to know what he or she is thinking.